Abstract
Bernard Stiegler believes that participation is a condition for the acting out of noetic soul, but participation's dependence on technology simultaneously leads to the “loss of participation” and “symbolic misery”. In the hyper-industrial society, in particular, marketing technology controls people's time of consciousness and leads to the prevailing “proletarianization” among consumers. Stiegler sees in Beuys' social sculpture use to resist the “loss of participation”, attempting to continue this idea by reviving the concept of amateurs. In the form of free invention, amateurs realize potential and form singularity in the process. This is a new art form, which also reinvents politics, namely the politics of singularity. Through obtaining their own time, amateurs shape the time of community and complete the task of social sculpture.
Keywords
Bernard Stiegler, Joseph Beuys, social sculpture, loss of participation, symbolic misery, singularity
First Page
205
Last Page
215
Recommended Citation
Xia, Kaifeng. 2024. "Bernard Stiegler, Joseph Beuys and Social Sculpture." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 43, (5): pp.205-215. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol43/iss5/21
