Irrevocably historical, landscape is already denatured before it is represented, a repository of history which becomes, in representation, a record of history’s erasure under the banner of natural beauty. Questioning key aesthetic concepts of human freedom and the autonomy of art in dialogue with Theodor Adorno and James Benning, this essay argues the significance of eco-critique for film (and by implication electronic media) studies as exemplary of a political aesthetics adequate to contemporary historical conditions of landscape: neoliberal crisis, environmental degradation, and renewed colonialism.

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电影、风景和政治美学：沙漠

不可逆转的历史景观在被再现之前就已经被变性了，一个历史的宝库，在再现中，它成为了在自然美的旗帜下历史被抹去的记录。在与西奥多·阿多诺 (Theodor Adorno) 和詹姆斯·本宁 (James Benning) 的对话中，质疑人类自由和艺术自主的关键美学概念，本文论证了生态批评对电影（以及电子媒体）研究的重要性，作为适合当代历史的政治美学典范景观条件：新自由主义危机、环境退化和新的殖民主义。