Abstract

In his Postmodernism, Frederic Jameson ponders upon the essence of postmodern art. Arguably, it has left behind the experience of the art of High Modernism. We shall try to reveal the Platonist structure in Jameson's theory of art and thereby point to the hidden debt not only to metaphysics, but also to modern art, which he supposedly surpasses. From the perspective of phenomenology, which critically discloses the metaphysical experience of art, we shall get to grips with three main themes which supposedly define postmodern art: the weakening of the affect, the end of the topic of time and the impersonality of aesthetic experience. As we shall point out, all three definitions are determined by metaphysics, which does not let artistic experience be what it is. Jameson's thinking is secretly determined by the imperative of pleasure which is in turn determined by Being as Framework and truth as correctness. What can truth as unconcealment and thinking of disposition contribute to this consideration?