Thread: Art and the postmodern: What is art?

Originally Posted by sailor jack

well thats because art is not a reflection of class, so again, reconsider the argument based on the fact that you are considering the point in terms of history, when it is clearly meant in terms of art.

I would caution against spending your time arguing against Husein at all, but assuming you want to, you're not doing a very good job of it. He's asserted that art is a reflection of class; you aren't making a good counter-argument by just saying "no it isn't" and telling him to think about art the way YOU think about it instead. Husein affects Hoxhaism (as far as I can gather), which is a sort of Marxism-Leninism and therefore has a certain view of history and of human existence in general. Through this lens, EVERYTHING is a reflection of class. Every aspect of human activity or endeavor, certainly including art. To him, when you say that he should consider the question in terms of art instead of in terms of history or class struggle, you are displaying ridiculous naivete and blindness. Like demanding that someone explain the origins of certain rocks without mentioning geologic processes. In other words he has a philosophy that DOES view art as a reflection of class and it doesn't do you much good to just tell him to drop that philosophy because you don't like it. You'll have to engage with and dispute Marxism as a whole in order to begin arguing against what he's said. That's why I recommend just ignoring him; that discussion would take your thread waaaay off the rails even if you had a chance of winning it, which you don't for several reasons.

And really, generally speaking, when posting in AI and responding to a statement that you disagree with, please don't just say "nu uh it isn't" as if that is a refutation that the other party (or anyone observing) should accept or respect.