Philosophical (Self) Critique of Literature: Lionel Trilling and the "Adversary Culture"
Apstrakt
In this paper Lionel Trilling's concept of "adversary culture" is introductorily expounded and compared with Herbert Marcuse's idea of "affirmative character of culture" and Hannah Arendt's notion of "crisis of culture", and then it is discussed against the backdrop of its subsequent interpretations by Raymond Williams, Daniel Bell, Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz and Jurgen Habermas. The analysis of Trilling's view of the relationship between the culture and the self foregrounds the turn towards philosophical criticism, which was developed in Trilling's writings in pair with his gradual distancing from the "adversary" domain of culture. This turn is perceived as a symptom of a broader and more profound trajectory of Trilling's thought, away from literature and its culture-based literary studies, through the history of ideas, and towards "pure "philosophy.
Ključne reči:
psychoanalysis / philosophical critique / neoconservativism / Lionel Trilling / liberalism / history of ideas / culture / cultural critiqueIzvor:
Filozofska istraživanja, 2016, 36, 2, 339-354Izdavač:
- Croatian Philosophical Soc, Zagreb
DOI: 10.21464/fi36210
ISSN: 0351-4706
WoS: 000392753700011
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85010702794
Institucija/grupa
Filološki fakultet / Faculty of PhilologyTY - JOUR AU - Brebanović, Predrag PY - 2016 UR - https://repff.fil.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1071 AB - In this paper Lionel Trilling's concept of "adversary culture" is introductorily expounded and compared with Herbert Marcuse's idea of "affirmative character of culture" and Hannah Arendt's notion of "crisis of culture", and then it is discussed against the backdrop of its subsequent interpretations by Raymond Williams, Daniel Bell, Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz and Jurgen Habermas. The analysis of Trilling's view of the relationship between the culture and the self foregrounds the turn towards philosophical criticism, which was developed in Trilling's writings in pair with his gradual distancing from the "adversary" domain of culture. This turn is perceived as a symptom of a broader and more profound trajectory of Trilling's thought, away from literature and its culture-based literary studies, through the history of ideas, and towards "pure "philosophy. PB - Croatian Philosophical Soc, Zagreb T2 - Filozofska istraživanja T1 - Philosophical (Self) Critique of Literature: Lionel Trilling and the "Adversary Culture" EP - 354 IS - 2 SP - 339 VL - 36 DO - 10.21464/fi36210 UR - conv_1585 ER -
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Brebanović, P.. (2016). Philosophical (Self) Critique of Literature: Lionel Trilling and the "Adversary Culture". in Filozofska istraživanja Croatian Philosophical Soc, Zagreb., 36(2), 339-354. https://doi.org/10.21464/fi36210 conv_1585
Brebanović P. Philosophical (Self) Critique of Literature: Lionel Trilling and the "Adversary Culture". in Filozofska istraživanja. 2016;36(2):339-354. doi:10.21464/fi36210 conv_1585 .
Brebanović, Predrag, "Philosophical (Self) Critique of Literature: Lionel Trilling and the "Adversary Culture"" in Filozofska istraživanja, 36, no. 2 (2016):339-354, https://doi.org/10.21464/fi36210 ., conv_1585 .