Art and Education against the generalized fetishism in contemporary sociability
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2009v27n2p461Abstract
This article conducts a philosophical reflection on the contribution that art and education can offer to the process of overcoming the generalized fetishism in contemporary sociability. Marx’sthesis that sociability in capitalist society is characterized by the universality of exchange value as a mediation of social relations is used. The article defends the position that contemporary sociability, despite differences with that of the 19th century, have not only not overcome the universality of exchange value, as they have – to the contrary – deepened it, making fetishism a
social phenomenon that embraces all dimensions of human life today. The article also finds support in the analyses conducted by Vigotsky and Lukács of the relationships between individuals and works of art to defend the thesis that school education should have as a permanent goal the overcoming of the alienated forms of consciousness that prevail in daily life in capitalist society in this early 21st century.
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