The Aesthetics of Desire and Surprise

The Aesthetics of Desire and Surprise
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9781498518475
ISBN-13 : 1498518478
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Aesthetics of Desire and Surprise by : Jadranka Skorin-Kapov

The Aesthetics of Desire and Surprise: Phenomenology and Speculation covers issues central to contemporary continental philosophy (desire, expectations, excess, rupture, transcendence, immanence, surprise). The proposed term desire||surprise captures the phenomenological-speculative character of the pair not yet and no longer. Non-obvious parallels between different thinkers are drawn, and the argumentation is organized around philosophical figures relevant in the sequence desire – excess –pause (rupture, break) – recuperation (surprise). The works of Levinas, Žižek, Bataille, Blanchot, Foucault, and Ricoeur are interpreted and positioned according to the proposed template of desire - excess - pause. The consideration of limit experiences involves authors fascinated by transgression, and the question of whether excess is immanent or transcendent. This discussion considers works by Nietzsche, Deleuze, Žižek, and Foucault. The analysis of surprise and the beginning of recovery after the pause considers works by Fink, Merleau-Ponty, Nancy, Lyotard, Dufrenne, Bachelard, and Seel. The provocative argument elaborated in this work is that surprise starts with indifference. Furthermore, the argument is that surprise begins where the concept reaches its ending, hence that the limit of speculative thinking at its ending is the limit of aesthetics at its beginning. The work of Hegel, Schelling and Jaspers are discussed in order to argue for the beginning of aesthetics there where knowledge ends. Philosophical thematic is contextualized via sections on artists such as Duchamp and Mondrian, and on some films, provoking interest of aestheticians working in art history and cultural studies departments.

The Aesthetics of Argument

The Aesthetics of Argument
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 509
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ISBN-10 : 9780191056925
ISBN-13 : 0191056928
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Aesthetics of Argument by : Martin Warner

Argument and imagination are often interdependent. The Aesthetics of Argument is concerned with how this relationship may bear on argument's concern with truth, not just persuasion, and with the enhancement of understanding such interdependence may bring. The rationality of argument, conceived as the advancement of reasons for or against a claim, is not simply a matter of deductive validity. Whether arguments are relevant, have force, or look foolish--or whether an example is telling or merely illustrative--cannot always be assessed in these terms. Martin Warner presents a series of case studies which explore how analogy, metaphor, narrative, image, and symbol can be used in different ways to frame one domain in terms of another, severally or in various combinations, and how criteria drawn from the study of imaginative literature may have a bearing on their truth-aptness. Such framing can be particularly effective in argumentative roles which invite self-interrogation, as Plato saw long ago. Narrative in such cases may be fictional, whether parabolic or dramatic, autobiographical or biographical, and in certain cases may seek to show how standard conceptualizations are inadequate. Beyond this, whether in poetry or prose and not only with respect to narrative, the "logic" of imagery enables us to make principled sense of our capacity to grasp imagistically elements of our experience through words whose use at the imaginative level has transformed their standard conceptual relationships, and hence judge the credibility of associated arguments. Assessment of the argumentative imagination requires criteria drawn not only from dialectic and rhetoric, but also from poetics.

An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics

An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9781405150156
ISBN-13 : 1405150157
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics by : Christian Helmut Wenzel

In An Introduction to Kant’s Aesthetics, Christian Wenzel discusses and demystifies Kant’s Critique of the Power of Judgment, guiding the reader each step of the way and placing key points of discussion in the context of Kant’s other work. Explains difficult concepts in plain language, using numerous examples and a helpful glossary. Proceeds in the same order as Kant’s text for ease of reference and comprehension. Includes an illuminating foreword by Henry E. Allison. Offers twenty-six further-reading sections, commenting briefly on books and articles from the English, German, and French, that are relevant for each topic Provides an extensive bibliography and a chapter summarizing Kant's main points.

Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception

Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9780199658442
ISBN-13 : 0199658447
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception by : Bence Nanay

Bence Nanay explores how many influential debates in aesthetics look very different, and may be easier to tackle, if we clarify the assumptions they make about perception and experience. He focuses on the ways in which the distinction between distributed and focused attention can help us re-evaluate various key concepts and debates in aesthetics.

Sensibility and Sense

Sensibility and Sense
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Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages : 237
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ISBN-10 : 9781845402938
ISBN-13 : 1845402936
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Sensibility and Sense by : Arnold Berleant

Aesthetic sensibility rests on perceptual experience and characterizes not only our experience of the arts but our experience of the world. Sensibility and Sense offers a philosophically comprehensive account of humans' social and cultural embeddedness encountered, recognized, and fulfilled as an aesthetic mode of experience. Extending the range of aesthetic experience from the stone of the earth's surface to the celestial sphere, the book focuses on the aesthetic as a dimension of social experience. The guiding idea of pervasive interconnectedness, both social and environmental, leads to an aesthetic critique of the urban environment, the environment of daily life, and of terrorism, and has profound implications for grounding social and political values. The aesthetic emerges as a powerful critical tool for appraising urban culture and political practice.

The Art of the Argument

The Art of the Argument
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1548742074
ISBN-13 : 9781548742072
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis The Art of the Argument by : Stefan Molyneux

"[T]he essential tools you need to fight the escalating sophistry, falsehoods and vicious personal attacks that have displaced intelligent conversations throughout the world."--

Art, Emotion and Ethics

Art, Emotion and Ethics
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9780199263219
ISBN-13 : 0199263213
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Art, Emotion and Ethics by : Berys Gaut

Can a good work of art be evil? 'Art, Ethics, and Emotion' explores this issue, arguing that artworks are always aesthetically flawed insofar as they have a moral defect that is aesthetically relevant. This book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the relation of art to morality.

Arguing about Art

Arguing about Art
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 494
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ISBN-10 : 0415237386
ISBN-13 : 9780415237383
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Arguing about Art by : Alex Neill

Arguing about Art, 2nd Editionis an expanded and revised new edition of this highly acclaimed anthology. This lively collection presents twenty-seven readings in a clear and accessible format discussing the major themes and arguments in aesthetics. Alex Neill and Aaron Ridley's introductions provide a balanced account of each topic and highlight the important questions that are raised in the readings. The new sections of the book are: The Art of Food; Rock Music and Culture; Enjoying Horror; Art and Morality; and Public Art. In addition, many of the introductions have been updated and each section includes suggestions for further reading.

Philosophical Finesse

Philosophical Finesse
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Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4396274
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Synopsis Philosophical Finesse by : Martin Warner

Warner here puts forward a much broader discussion of rationality than that which underlies today's polarization between analytic and continental philosophy. Through a series of case-studies the author explores ancient conceptions of dialectic and rhetoric in relation to the positive role given to sentiment or "the heart" by Pascal, Hume, and Nietzsche. These studies point to an understanding of philosophy which undercuts fashionable disputes and which helps to reaffirm a range of ideas long marginalized by the dominance of the geometric model of philosophical argument.

The Aesthetics of Decay

The Aesthetics of Decay
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Publisher : Peter Lang
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0820486469
ISBN-13 : 9780820486468
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis The Aesthetics of Decay by : Dylan Trigg

In The Aesthetics of Decay, Dylan Trigg confronts the remnants from the fallout of post-industrialism and postmodernism. Through a considered analysis of memory, place, and nostalgia, Trigg argues that the decline of reason enables a critique of progress to emerge. In this ambitious work, Trigg aims to reassess the direction of progress by situating it in a spatial context. In doing so, he applies his critique of rationality to modern ruins. The derelict factory, abandoned asylum, and urban alleyway all become allies in Trigg's attack on a fixed image of temporality and progress. The Aesthetics of Decay offers a model of post-rational aesthetics in which spatial order is challenged by an affirmative ethics of ruin.