PAULA FLEISNER: “PHILOSOPHICAL AESTHETICS DOES NOT SAY WHAT ART IS OR WHAT IT SHOULD BE”

Abstract

Paula Fleisner is Professor and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires, Associate Researcher of the National Research Council (CONICET). He teaches Aesthetics at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires and was a teacher of the same subject at the Instituto Superior del Profesorado “Dr. Joaquín V. González” and at the National University of Arts. She is the author of the book The life that comes. Aesthetics and political philosophy in the thought of Giorgio Agamben (EUDEBA, 2015) and coordinator of the collective book El situationismo y sus derivas actuales. About the relations between art and politics in contemporary aesthetics (Prometheus, 2015). He has published numerous articles in specialized international journals and has participated in conferences, meetings and conferences and has given lectures in various places in Argentina and Latin America. Participates in research groups on aesthetics and contemporary philosophy. He is a member of the Matter Collective. His current research revolves around a posthuman materialist aesthetic.