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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. 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.
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Some 90 essays introduce students at any level of sophistication to the philosophical problems of aesthetics as they pertain to specific arts, including painting, photography, film and video, music, dance, literature, theater, and popular arts. The selection recognizes the growing confluence of the analytical and continental schools of philosophy, considers issues on the borders between high and low arts, and combines traditional philosophers with perspectives from other disciplines. Includes brief biographical sketches of the authors. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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