@article{ART003054480},
author={Sol Lee},
title={The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2024},
volume={71},
pages={78-97},
doi={10.17527/JASA.71.0.04}
TY - JOUR
AU - Sol Lee
TI - The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2024
VL - 71
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 78
EP - 97
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This paper examines Sartre’s changing views on the ontology of the work of art in relation to the problem of solipsism, and aims to show that Sartre’s change of perspective on the imaginary object is based on the ontological turn in Being and Nothingness. In Sartre’s early theory of the Image, the Imagination is characterized as a subjective fantasy, as evidenced by the proposition that “the work of art is unreal.” By severing the connection between the material of the imagination and the imagined object, and by identifying nothingness as the inherent quality of imaginative activity, Sartre exposes the imagination to the dangers of subjectivism. This paper will point out that Sartre’s early theory of the imagination suffers from the problem of solipsism and show that his later theory of art moves toward overcoming this problem. In Situation Ⅱ, Sartre argues that a work of art is intended for the other and is produced with the cooperation of the other. And insofar as a work of art is shaped by interaction with others, a solipsistic interpretation of the work of art becomes impossible in principle. By showing that the work is shaped by the reader, just as I am shaped by others, Sartre has moved beyond the solipsistic world in which everything exists according to my prior knowledge, to an intersubjective world in which the work is shaped for and by others.
KW - Art;Image;Imagination;Inter-subjectivity;Reality;Sartre;Solipsism
DO - 10.17527/JASA.71.0.04
ER -
Sol Lee. (2024). The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 71, 78-97.
Sol Lee. 2024, "The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.71, pp.78-97. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.71.0.04
Sol Lee "The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 71 pp.78-97 (2024) : 78.
Sol Lee. The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity. 2024; 71 78-97. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.71.0.04
Sol Lee. "The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 71(2024) : 78-97.doi: 10.17527/JASA.71.0.04
Sol Lee. The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 71, 78-97. doi: 10.17527/JASA.71.0.04
Sol Lee. The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2024; 71 78-97. doi: 10.17527/JASA.71.0.04
Sol Lee. The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity. 2024; 71 78-97. Available from: doi:10.17527/JASA.71.0.04
Sol Lee. "The Problem of the Work of Art in Sartre’s Theory of Imagination: The Possibility of Imagination beyond Subjectivity" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 71(2024) : 78-97.doi: 10.17527/JASA.71.0.04
