Philosophical Sojourns in Aesthetics, Existence, and Education

Philosophical Sojourns in Aesthetics, Existence, and Education
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 189
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ISBN-10 : 9781527591981
ISBN-13 : 1527591980
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Philosophical Sojourns in Aesthetics, Existence, and Education by : James M. Magrini

This collection of seven speculative and critical essays initiates a journey, inviting readers to abide, for a short time, with philosophical themes emerging from aesthetics, poetry, existentialism, and education. It opens vistas into the insightful wisdom of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Jaspers, Rilke, and Plato’s Socrates. The book confronts such perennial issues as the practice of philosophy as a way of life, the understanding of subjecthood and human transcendence, the pursuit of ethical knowledge in ways that inform and direct the choices we make in the company of others, and the philosophical quest for unique ways of learning that transcend contemporary practices embracing standardization and adopting an instrumental approach to education. This book is novel in that it offers these insights across broad, but related, fields of study, for, although essentially a philosophy text, it provides scholarly inroads to the academic fields of literary critique, classical studies, psychology, and educational theory. The text could be effectively employed as a secondary avenue of study in institutions of higher learning, supplementing primary philosophical sources in the curriculum. In addition to programs offering advanced degrees, the book also serves as a challenging introductory text for students at the undergraduate level demonstrating an interest in, and proclivity for, philosophy.

On the Aesthetic Education of Man

On the Aesthetic Education of Man
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9780486117393
ISBN-13 : 0486117391
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis On the Aesthetic Education of Man by : Friedrich Schiller

A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise defines the relationship between beauty and art. His proposal of art as fundamental to the development of society and the individual remains an influential concept.

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 445
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ISBN-10 : 9781472524300
ISBN-13 : 1472524306
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art by : Arindam Chakrabarti

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art provides an extensive research resource to the burgeoning field of Asian aesthetics. Featuring leading international scholars and teachers whose work defines the field, this unique volume reflects the very best scholarship in creative, analytic, and comparative philosophy. Beginning with a philosophical reconstruction of the classical rasa aesthetics, chapters range from the nature of art-emotions, tones of thinking, and aesthetic education to issues in film-theory and problems of the past versus present. As well as discussing indigenous versus foreign in aesthetic practices, this volume covers North and South Indian performance practices and theories, alongside recent and new themes including the Gandhian aesthetics of surrender and self-control and the aesthetics of touch in the light of the politics of untouchability. With such unparalleled and authoritative coverage, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art represents a dynamic map of comparative cross-cultural aesthetics. Bringing together original philosophical research from renowned thinkers, it makes a major contribution to both Eastern and Western contemporary aesthetics.

On The Aesthetic Education Of Man

On The Aesthetic Education Of Man
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9781300832959
ISBN-13 : 1300832959
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis On The Aesthetic Education Of Man by : Friedrich Schiller

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.-Friedrich Schiller Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge. - Friedrich Schiller Friedrich Schiller Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. Friedrich Schiller - - Friedrich Schiller

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 599
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ISBN-10 : 9781466804272
ISBN-13 : 1466804270
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Sophie's World by : Jostein Gaarder

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Philosophy, a School of Freedom

Philosophy, a School of Freedom
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Publisher : UNESCO
Total Pages : 303
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ISBN-10 : 9789231040702
ISBN-13 : 9231040707
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Philosophy, a School of Freedom by : Unesco

Originally published in French as "La Philosophie, une Ecole de la Liberte. Enseignement de la philosophie et apprentissage du philosopher : Etat des lieux et regards pour l'avenir." - This study is dedicated to all those who engaged themselves, with vigour and conviction, in the defence of the teaching of philosophy a fertile guarantor of liberty and autonomy. This publication is also dedicated to the young spirits of today, bound to become the active citizens of tomorrow.

Fluxus as a Network of Friends, Strangers, and Things

Fluxus as a Network of Friends, Strangers, and Things
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9789004520967
ISBN-13 : 9004520961
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Fluxus as a Network of Friends, Strangers, and Things by : Magdalena Holdar

Being based in different countries around the globe, but keen to work together, Fluxus artists developed collaborations based on shared resources and creative autonomy – methods that also gave the artworks agency to perform beyond the control of their originators.

The Writings of Robert Motherwell

The Writings of Robert Motherwell
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 398
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ISBN-10 : 9780520940512
ISBN-13 : 0520940512
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis The Writings of Robert Motherwell by : Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. His writing articulated the intent of the New York school —Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, and others—during a period when their work was often reviled for its departure from traditional representation. As founder of the Documents of Modern Art series (later renamed the Documents of Twentieth-Century Art), Motherwell gave modern artists a voice at a time when very few people understood their theories or work. This authoritative new edition of the artist's writings about art includes public lectures, essays, and interviews. Impeccably edited, with an informative introductory essay and rigorous annotation, it is illustrated with black-and-white images that elucidate Motherwell's writings.

Sojourn

Sojourn
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Publisher : WestBow Press
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9781449793647
ISBN-13 : 1449793649
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Sojourn by : W. Vance Grace

Increasing numbers of people in our culture, particularly middle-aged men, are finding that the things they worked for over the past two decades are simply not providing the fulfillment they originally expected from them. We are coming to realize that our homes, vehicles, jobs and possessions are not sufficient to stave off the crisis of meaning many of us find when life does not meet our expectations. Sojourn reminds us that life is often messycomplex and full of fearjust as it should be. Learning from the few wild places still available to us in our culture can provide us with the realization that a weighty life is a life on its way to an important integration of body, soul, heart, and spirit.