Writing Poetry after Bucha or on the Expression of the Inexpressible

Authors

  • Rafał Czekaj Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26485/AI/2023/25/21

Keywords:

Adorno, sublime, critical theory, Ukraine, art

Abstract

The paper considers some selected artistic practices in the current context of war in Ukraine. It is confronted with the famous quote of Th. W. Adorno "writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric" as a ban on aesthetic representations of the face of war. Referring to Kant's category of the sublime, the author tries to justify artistic responses as an effort to "express the inexpressible".

Author Biography

Rafał Czekaj, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

Rafał Czekaj – Doctor of Humanities (philosophy). Since September 2011, assistant professor at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, Department of Esthetics and Philosphy of Culture, Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology. Author of the book: Krytyczna teoria sztuki Theodora W. Adorna [Critical theory of art of Theodor W. Adorno] (2013). Areas of research: philosophical esthetics and social contexts of art.

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Published

2023-12-13

Issue

Vol. 25 (2023): How do artists think?

Section

Articles

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