In a message dated 10/31/08 6:57:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In this sense, I > would suggest that Benjamin's notion of aura is a reworking of a previous, > common conception (an immanent development of the content of the concept > 'aura,' we might say, were we to use jargon) -- a critical appropriation > rather than a simple borrowing. > Positioning himself against the George circle sounds like a good idea. I googled Ayn Rand and Stefan George, and it was inconclusive, but I wouldn't be very surprised if the connection was there somewhere. Stefan George is supposed to have based some of his thought on some of Holderlin's. There seems to have been a possibility of aura and color symbolism in the Blaue Reiter group and the same in Otto Dix. There was probably some kind of aura in the Viennese secession, but it's difficult to tell in a hurry because it is often unclear whether the word is being used by the writer of the article or whether the people the article is about used it themselves and what they meant by it if they did. All right, it was out there but it seems to have been a very fuzzy idea. Where do you think the beginning was? Kate Sullivan ************** Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http ://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav 00000001)
