The general medium/form-difference-theory as proposed by Fritz Heider (cf. Heider, 1959) has been seized on by the sociological systems theory as an epistemological and heuristic basis of such a generality that it can be applied to virtually all conceivable fields of research. One could arguably speak of a new paradigm that overcomes traditional differences such as subject/object and cause/effect. This approach has been applied to all types of art 1 , and various research questions in the fields of aesthetics and art theory. This paper proposes a differentiation and categorisation of aesthetic media and forms in order to lay the groundwork for art criticism on a third way between subjective appreciation and objective reasoning. Musical examples demonstrate the applicability of the medium/form-difference-theoretical approach for the aesthetics of music and music criticism.
»Ökonomisierung« ist in aller Munde. Die systemtheoretische Perspektive auf das vermeintlich vertraute Phänomen stellt eine doppelte Herausforderung dar. Um Ökonomisierungsprozesse rekonstruieren zu können, muss die Systemtheorie ihre Möglichkeiten der Darstellung von System-System-Beziehungen erweitern und Ökonomisierung zu einem Paradoxieproblem werden lassen. Diese Studie liefert Impulse zur Theorieerweiterung im Bereich der Nebencodierung und zeigt an verschiedenen Beispielen, dass Ökonomisierung nicht wirtschaftlich instruiert, sondern funktionssystem-intern selbst ausgebildet wird.
This essay tries to intervene in the discussion between Naomi Hodgson on the one hand and Joris Vlieghe and Piotr Zamojski on the other about the meaning and function of the political in and for education. Firstly, it argues against the common charge of essentialism that is brought against ontological philosophies in general and the Heideggerian ontology of Vlieghe and Zamojski in particular. Secondly, the essay suggests the existentialist concept of ‘the situation’ as a theoretical nodal point that can grasp the inherently quasi-political dimension of pedagogical work and hence provide common ground for the two positions discussed.
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