{"product_id":"critique-of-taste-9780860915652","title":"Critique of Taste","description":"Galvano Della Volpe was the dominant philosopher of Italian Marxism for twenty years after the Liberation. His most important book was a work of aesthetic theory--\u003ci\u003eCritique of Taste\u003c\/i\u003e. Della Volpe, proponent of a robust materialism in all his writings, was concerned to rehabilitate the inherently rational and intellectual nature of art. Opposing both the sociological reductionism of Plekhanov or Luk cs, and the formalist irrationalism of Croce or New Criticism, Della Volpe's aim was to demonstrate that conceptual meaning is always inseparable from aesthetic effect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether he is discussing Pindar or G ngora, Cleanth Brooks or Roland Barthes, Goethe or Mallarm , Della Volpe is always challenging, always illuminating. \u003ci\u003eCritique of Taste\u003c\/i\u003e represents one of the major crossroads of twentieth-century aesthetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGalvano Della Volpe\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1895. From \u003ci\u003eLogica come scienza positiva\u003c\/i\u003e in 1950 his work had increasing influence, and the publication of \u003ci\u003eRousseau e Marx\u003c\/i\u003e in 1960 confirmed the importance of his thought within Italian Marxism. Della Volpe died in 1968.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912544948498,"sku":"9780860915652","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad977090-0cdb-463c-b4a8-cbe9d05475a7.jpg?v=1738773789","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/critique-of-taste-9780860915652","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}