From a Remote Pedestal to Everyday Life

In this paper I tackle Gadamer’s and Dewey’s conceptions of art, showing a possible dialogue between American Pragmatism Gadamerian Hermeneutics. Despite the obvious differences, it is to show fundamental commonalities two philosophies when comes role art. They share double goal critiquing aestheticism modern age, conception art as mere “art for art’s sake,” recomposing continuity aesthetic experience everyday life. argue that common entails reassessment relation work public, has consequences in our societies. The present comparison will also help shed new light on conception, often accused being merely conversative theory. For both Gadamer Dewey does not consist product elites given spectators: rather, spectators cooperate with author creation development itself.