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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 246: Susan Sontag on Interpreting Art (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Continuing on Sontag's essays “On Style” (1965) and "The Death of Tragedy” (1963).

Mark, Wes, Seth and Dylan keep talking about the appropriate distance to retain (or not) to a work of art, which is supposed to be relevant to moral action in the world. We also spell out how this is relevant to our recent episodes on tragedy.

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End song: "Mela" by Julie Slick, as interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #115.

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We are going to be getting to the death of tragedy.

1:01.0

We are going to be taking a little detour into how on-style

1:06.0

relates to the content and the theory of Ortegaic Gazette

1:10.0

where the thing that is not aesthetic appreciation is getting to involved

1:15.0

in the content as if it were content in your real life.

1:19.0

I like that addition that Ortegaic Gazette makes of

1:23.0

something of a pair and want to eat the pair.

1:27.0

But yes, obviously when I see a film, I am going to get sucked into the dramas of the characters

1:32.0

before and maybe even instead of marveling at the cinematography

1:37.0

and the other strictly aesthetic aspects.

1:40.0

So, Ortegaic Gazette here, right? I was going to say distance,

1:45.0

but that is actually what she is against in a way,

1:48.0

against interpretation and over-intlationalizing culture in general,

1:52.0

certainly there are some forms of art that she is going to talk about.

1:56.0

She has a very famous essay on camp and I was listening to her online

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