I don't think it's a characterization of a whole people. Rather, it's remarking that popular culture creates fictions of wholeness and identity: art lovers, aestheticians, Yankee fans, McDonalds aficionados, hipsters, etc ... People identify, polymorphously with many and take satisfaction in their membership, oblivious of contradiction or overlap. There's an ego amplification and simplification in these groups, and we're doing a catastrophically bad job of educating our way out.
The article itself is not remarkable. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:25 AM, William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: > Just reading the title of that quoted article is enough. No need to go > further. > Any article that begins with a statement that pretends to give the subjective > view of a whole people is unworthy of consideration. Aim a bit higher, Berg. > Try very hard. > > wc > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph berg <[email protected]> > To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, September 6, 2012 4:57:13 AM > Subject: "...What interests people today has less and less to do with > authenticity and more and more to do with experience or being part of an > in-crowd." > > http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts/2012/09/the-death-of-authenticy.html > <http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts/2012/09/the-death-of-authenticy.htm > l%20%22...What%20interests%20people%20today%20has%20less%20and%20less%20to%20 > do%20with%20authenticity%20and%20more%20and%20more%20to%20do%20with%20experie > nce%20or%20being%20part%20of%20an%20in-crowd.%22> > -- -Lew Schwartz
