PRE-APPEARANCE (VOR-SCHEIN) AND ENIGMA (RÄTSEL) IN THE WORK OF ART: UTOPIA AND AESTHETIC IN ERNST BLOCH AND THEODOR W. ADORNO

Authors

  • Ubiratane Morais Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Maranhão/Professor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v21i1.39743

Keywords:

Aesthetic, Enigma (Rätsel), Pre-appearance (Vor-Schein), Utopia.

Abstract

This article aims to present the utopia in the aesthetic horizon of Ernst Bloch and T. W Adorno, from the dialectical approach of Principle Hope (Das Prinzip Hoffnung) and Aesthetic Theory (Ästhetische Theorie). We started from the origin and deployments of the concepts of Pre-appearance (Vor-Schein) and Enigma (Rätsel) and their connections to utopia. The pre-appearance (Vor-Schein) notion is closely linked to daydreams which are art modelers. As art modelers, daydreams anticipate a better world which art anticipates by the Pre-appearance (Vor-Schein) of the visible. In Adorno, we start from the relationship between the content of truth and Enigma (Rätsel) to find a link between that relationship and the utopia. So, our interpretative hypothesis is that in the aesthetic horizon Bloch and Adorno utopia approaches these two philosophers.

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Author Biography

Ubiratane Morais Rodrigues, Universidade Federal do Maranhão/Professor

Professor Assistente de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)-Campus de Grajaú. Doutorando em Filosofia na linha de pesquisa Estética e Filosofia da Arte do Programa de Pós-Gradução em Filosofia (PPGdF/FFLCH) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP) com Bolsa de Doutorado FAPEMA.

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Published

2016-08-28

How to Cite

RODRIGUES, Ubiratane Morais. PRE-APPEARANCE (VOR-SCHEIN) AND ENIGMA (RÄTSEL) IN THE WORK OF ART: UTOPIA AND AESTHETIC IN ERNST BLOCH AND THEODOR W. ADORNO. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 21, n. 1, p. 189–212, 2016. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v21i1.39743. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/39743. Acesso em: 25 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2016): Dossiê do Congresso Husserl

Section

Artigos Originais

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