Η αποδυνάμωση των βάθρων. Για έναν πολιτισμό της αμφισβήτησης

Abstract

The paper deals with the quest for a cultural practice of creative resistance against all efforts at homogenization carried out by contemporary hegemonic cultures. It argues that establishing a critical relationship with Art could contribute to the transcendence of cultural partialities and of the political subjugation these entail. It also points out that such a transition toward a ‘society of interpreting’ is a primary political desideratum of our time, as current international realities seem incapable of stemming the cultural aggressiveness of sheer might and power. The paper focuses mainly on painting and its relation to the cultural mentality of power, and offers detailed commentary on certain works by W. Blake and F. Goya which, by depicting the horror of war, challenge established power in its various manifestations and weaken the purportedly unassailable foundations of rationalism.