Reason in Art : Volume Four of "The Life of Reason"

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0-486-24358-3

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ix + 230 pgs.; 20 cm.

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700.1 SAN r

Cosmopolitan Criticism : Oscar Wilde's Philosophy of Art

CALLING OSCAR WILDE'S philosophy of art his "most elusive legacy," Brown attempts to define Wilde's conception of what art is and what it is not, of what the experience of art means in the modern world, and of the contradictory relations between the work of art and the sphere of everyday ethics. She traces the experimental character of Wilde's thought from its resonance in his own life through …

Musical Meaning and Expression

We talk not only of enjoying music, but of understanding it. Music is often taken to have expressive import―and in that sense to have meaning. But what does music mean, and how does it mean? Stephen Davies addresses these questions in this sophisticated and knowledgeable overview of current theories in the philosophy of music. Reviewing and criticizing the aesthetic positions of recent yea…

On The Name: Meridian Crossing Aesthetics

"The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gies a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one delivers nothing, and still something comes to be, which comes down to giving that which one does not have, as Plotinus said of the Good. What happens, above all, when it is necessary to sur-name, renaming there where…

The Philosophy of Art

Written with clarity, wit, and rigor, The Philosophy of Art provides an incisive account of the core topics in the field. The first volume in the new Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts series, designed to provide crisp introductions to the fundamental general questions about art, as well as to questions about the several arts (such as literature, music or painting). Present…

Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art : An Introduction

Praised in its original edition for its up-to-date, rigorous presentation of current debates and for the clarity of its presentation, Robert Stecker's new edition of Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art preserves the major themes and conclusions of the original, while expanding its content, providing new features, and enhancing accessibility. Stecker introduces students to the history and evolu…

On the Aesthetic Education of Man: In a Series of Letters English and German …

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019815786X

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cxcvi + 376 pg.; 21,5 cm.

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700.1 SCH o

The Ideology of The Aesthetic

The Ideology of the Aesthetic presents a history and critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics and politics. Eagleton provides a brilliant and challenging introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant…

Art Of Judgement

This original reading of Kant's third critique, "The Critique of Judgement-Power", provides an innovative view of the role of judgement in current theoretical debates, in both the humanities and social sciences. Judgement serves as a focus for interdisciplinary aspirations - spanning theoretical, practical and aesthetic as a site for the exploration of questions of rationality and difference wh…

Philosophical Turnings: Essays in Conceptual Appreciation

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ix + 186 pg.; 22 cm.

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111.85 ZIF p