Kitschul– între etic și estetic [Articol]

Abstract

The present paper investigates the complex phenomenon of kitsch from an aesthetic and ethical point of view. Generally regarded as an inferior form of art, kitsch fails to generate an artistic experiences for its consumers. Thus, it perpetrates a collective pattern of aesthetic indolence, which substitutes the active and critical implication of the audience. The paper discusses the aesthetical standpoints of Clement Greenberg and Tomas Kulka, while an ethical judgment of the kitsch’s system is mainly advanced by Karsten Harries and Bert Olivier.