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Weak Reality

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Art’s Way Out

Part of the book series: Transgressions: Cultural Studies And Education ((TRANS,volume 81))

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Benedetto Croce qualifies this classic opening of his Breviario di estetica (Handbook of Aesthetics) by adding that even if we were unable to determine what is art, we cannot eliminate the question itself because every question portends a demand that cannot be simply removed or ignored.

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John Baldacchino

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Baldacchino, J. (2012). Weak Reality. In: Baldacchino, J. (eds) Art’s Way Out. Transgressions: Cultural Studies And Education, vol 81. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-794-3_5

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