Und noch einmal: das Kunstsystem (fwd)

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

 the following from the luhmann-list might be of interest to some. kfl 


Loet Leydesdorff schrieb:
> Lieber Herr Mueller and other colleagues,
>
> How can one specify a code of the communication in a functionally
> differentiated system?
>
> First, one expect the meaning of art to be different from the perspective
> of a social system than what it means for us as persons, but there are
> certain similarities which we may wish to use for the heuristics.
>
> What springs to my mind is that art has an aesthetic dimension in the
> Kantian sense. It provides an opening to the world which is before the
> rationalized experience or in other words it is disturbing. What disturbs
> the communication in a way similar to this experience ("Erleben")? What
> does a communication do when it communicates art? Are we able to name the
> experience? Perhaps, the notion of "the devine experience" is helpful here.
> I am not an art historian.
>
> As a heuristics, in general, it is useful to ask "what does the
> communication system communicates when it communicates in this dimension".
> If we are able to name this, then we may be able to proceed with the
> question whether we are able to develop an indicator for such a
> communication. For example, when the social system communicates in terms of
> money, it is easy to measure the redistribution. A final (more theoretical)
> question, of course, remains why is this functional differentiation needed;
> can we provide the genesis of the specific (differentiated) medium with an
> cultural-evolutionary explanation?
>
> Perhaps, it is not so easy to answer such a question for "art" in general.
> What is communicated, when we listen to music? Rhythm, pitch, sound, etc.
> Perhaps, rhythm has a meaning different from sound. The formulation opens
> up a research question, doesn't it?
>
> Music has been important as an expression of stages of civilization (e.g.,
> "Das wohltemperierte Klavier"). For me it is like a discourse which
> precedes the discursivity, i.e., it precedes providing it with meaning.
> Thus, it would be possible to consider art as an opening in the system
> towards the uncertainty of the lifeworld. That would be a specific function.
>
> With kind regards,
>
>
> Loet
>
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> At 06:20 PM 6/26/01 +0200, you wrote: [schnipp]