查尔斯·阿尔铁里教授的主要研究兴趣在于20世纪多类美国诗歌,尤其关注其与哲学理念和视觉艺术的关系。他认为维特根斯坦并不会运用哲学的抽象定义去辩论,而是通过找到观众能够理解的例子和观点来辩论。在他看来,道德伦理由人们的行动和具体选择的价值观所支配,今天的很多批评是机械的,而不是关注一个特定的文本能具备什么价值。关于跨学科的关系,阿尔铁里教授认为,一门学科不能诠释另一门学科,但它却激发了另一门学科更丰富的发明。至于后现代主义和现代主义之间的关系,他主张后现代主义接受现代主义对于修辞的仇恨,后现代主义要求艺术围绕展示,而非表达。目前的危机就是,和它与之斗争的东西一样,艺术成为宣传的工具,从而失去它的存在是为了使这个呆板的世界变得新颖而有感觉的价值。大部分诗歌和社会批判没有把握我们的社会困境的核心:对于美国社会,似乎最令人不安的是它所给予的自由,这种自由使家庭和社会逐渐面临父权丧失的风险。
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