Ten French, American and German philosophers come together in discussion around several of the major problems raised today in æsthetics.
After all the extensions and objections of the twentieth century, what has become of the concept of the artwork? What is the meaning of the avant-garde today? What is the legitimacy of æsthetics, as opposed to criticism?
Texts by Peter Bürger, Dominique Chateau, Gérard Genette, Marc Jimenez, Christoph Menke, Henri Meschonnic, Rainer Rochlitz, Jean-Marie Schaeffer, Richard Shusterman.