The article analyses comparatively two essential aesthetics debates of the XXth century, mechanical reproduction and kitsch. Both of them were developed throughout the 20th and 30th decades, and had as protagonists, among others, Adorno and Benjamin. The article defends that exist many common elements between the two debates, that elucidate the philosophical controversy between the two philosophers. Despite that the discussion emerged with the mechanical reproduction issue, there are several elements in their texts about kitsch that indicate in advance the disagreement.
Keywords:
Mechanical Reproduction, Kitsch, Aesthetics, Adorno, Benjamin
Sarasola, B. (2019). Mechanical Reproduction and kitsch: echoes from two aesthetics debates. Revista De Filosofía, 76, pp. 167–184. Retrieved from https://revfono.uchile.cl/index.php/RDF/article/view/55780
