A post-Marxian dialogue on the subject-object relation : Li Zehou and Adorno on the dialectics of aesthetic subjectivity

Rošker, Jana S. (author)

This paper will compare the views of Li Zehou (1930-2021) and Theodor W. Adorno (1903- 1969) on the relationship between subject and object of perception and cognition through the lens of neo-Marxist paradigms. First, I will describe the main features and innovations of Marxist epistemology that formed the basis of their aesthetic thought and theories of perception. Then I will outline how Li Zehou's epistemology and aesthetics -particularly with regard to his conception of the subject-object relationship-relate to this Marxist framework. In a next step, I will place Li's respective views in a productive relation to Adorno's concept of the "primacy of the object" and his critique of "identitarian philosophy." In this context, I will point out some inconsistencies in his conception of the possibilities of breaking out of such an identitarian theoretical model and conclude with a preliminary proposal for an alternative solution based on Li Zehou's concept of "subjectality" especially with regard to the dialectic of the subject-object relation. In this context, I will be focusing on the traditional Chinese and Confucian notion of the grasping the proper measure, du 度.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Li Zehou, aesthetics, post-Marxist, Adorno, subject and object, subjectality, negative dialectics, du
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 259-285
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-142816
• UDC: 1
• COBISS.SI-ID: 131188227
• Publication date in RUL: 28.11.2022

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Philosopher Li Zehou : proceedings from the online conference in memory of Li Zehou held on november 2, 2022, the first anniversary of his passing
• Editors: Maja Maria Kosec
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za azijske študije
• Year: 2022
• COBISS.SI-ID: 131181059

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.
• Licensing start date: 02.11.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Li Zehou, post-marksisti, estetika, Adorno, subjekt in objekt

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: N6-0161
• Name: Humanizem v medkulturni perspektivi: Evropa in Kitajska

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P6-0243
• Name: Azijski jeziki in kulture