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An aesthetic relativist questions the Nobel Literature Prize
Original: Here's my take on the Nobel Prize for Literature. I am an aesthetic relativist. This means that I don't consider the col
A Swedish archaeologist has argued that the Nobel Prize for Literature carries no absolute authority, saying that as an aesthetic relativist he does not consider the Swedish Academy's collective taste more valid than anyone else's. He adds that his own literary preferences rarely align with the Academy's choices, voicing familiar scepticism about the prize's claim to define literary excellence.
Why now: Discussion of the prize resurfaces whenever the Swedish Academy's laureate choices spark debate about literary taste.
Nobel Prize in LiteratureSwedish AcademyMartin Rundkvist
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- Here's my take on the Nobel Prize for Literature. I am an aesthetic relativist. This means that I don't consider the collective taste of the Swedish Academy to be more absolute than anyone else's. I also know from experience that my taste usually doesn't agree with theirs. So I… · mrundkvist@archaeo.social · 7
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