Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts [Paperback]

David Goldblatt (Author), Lee Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 6, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0134375912 | ISBN-13: 978-0134375915 | Edition: 1

This collection of readings is designed to introduce the philosophical problems of aesthetics as they pertain to specific arts e.g., Painting, Photography, Music, Film and Video Art, etc. KEY TOPICS: The nearly 90 readings represent recent continental thinking about the arts e.g., Derrida, Foucault, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Heidegger, Benjamin, and Adorno. Also, represents the analytic imagination in philosophers such as Danto, Goodman, Levinson, Urmson, and Scruton.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Unique in perspective, this collection of nearly 90 readings is designed to introduce students -- at any level of sophistication -- to the philosophical problems of aesthetics as they pertain to specific arts -- e.g., Painting, Photography, Music, Film and Video Art, etc. It reflects the tendency to resist thinking of art as an abstract whole and to acknowledge the diverse character of philosophical thinking about individual arts.

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This collection of readings is designed to introduce the philosophical problems of aesthetics as they pertain to specific arts e.g., Painting, Photography, Music, Film and Video Art, etc. The nearly 90 readings represent recent continental thinking about the arts e.g., Derrida, Foucault, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Heidegger, Benjamin, and Adorno. Also, represents the analytic imagination in philosophers such as Danto, Goodman, Levinson, Urmson, and Scruton.

Product Details

• Paperback: 565 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (December 6, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0134375912
• ISBN-13: 978-0134375915
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,365,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)