Art for Society's Sake: Louis de Bonald's Sociology of Aesthetics and the Theocratic Ideology

The life & thought of the French conservative Louis de Bonald (1754-1840) is discussed in the context of French culture & the relation of aesthetics to society. Bonald's difficulty in maintaining both a theocratic belief in aesthetic ideals & a relativist view of culture in differen...

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Published in:Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1986-03, Vol.130 (1), p.101-129
Main Author: Reedy, W. Jay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Beauty
Bourgeois
Cartesianism
Enlightenment
Fine arts
France
French literature
Ideology
Morality
Nineteenth Century
Philosophy
Political revolutions
Social Values
Sociology
Tableaux
Theater
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Summary:The life & thought of the French conservative Louis de Bonald (1754-1840) is discussed in the context of French culture & the relation of aesthetics to society. Bonald's difficulty in maintaining both a theocratic belief in aesthetic ideals & a relativist view of culture in different societies & periods is emphasized. J. Anderson
ISSN:0003-049X