This work concludes with the assertion that "Capitalism in decline finds that whatever of quality is is  stil capable of producing becomes… a threat to its own existence," in a section that outlines the  interaction between one of its title concepts and dictatorships. One title concept of this work is lauded  for "seeking to go beyond Alexandrianism," and cal s it "the imitation of imitating," while another title  concept is described as being applicable to "al that's academic." This work begins by noting that "the  same civilization produces simultaneously… a poem by T.S. Eliot and a Tin Pan Al ey song," and includes a  thought experiment in which a Russian peasant is seen to prefer the wor
This work concludes with the assertion that "Capitalism in decline finds that whatever of quality is is  stil capable of producing becomes… a threat to its own existence," in a section that outlines the  interaction between one of its title concepts and dictatorships. One title concept of this work is lauded  for "seeking to go beyond Alexandrianism," and cal s it "the imitation of imitating," while another title  concept is described as being applicable to "al that's academic." This work begins by noting that "the  same civilization produces simultaneously… a poem by T.S. Eliot and a Tin Pan Al ey song," and includes a  thought experiment in which a Russian peasant is seen to prefer the work of Repin because it "tel s a  story." This work's second title concept is condemned in this work for using the "debased… simulacra of  genuine culture," and for being "vicarious experience and faked sensations," and is cal ed a "rear guard" in  opposition to the first title concept, which is exemplified by the work of such people as Joyce and Picasso.  First published in the Partisan Review, for 10 points, identify this essay which champions abstract art,  written by Clement Greenberg.
This work concludes with the assertion that "Capitalism in decline finds that whatever of quality is is  stil capable of producing becomes… a threat to its own existence," in a section that outlines the  interaction between one of its title concepts and dictatorships.
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