Aesthetics and The Work of Art: Adorno, Kafka, Richter (Language, Discourse, Society)
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Hardcover. Ten leading commentators explore the interfaces between art and aesthetics in dialogue with a philosophical text (Theodor Adorno's draft introduction to Aesthetic Theory), a piece of literary writing (Franz Kafka's A Report to an Academy), and a major contemporary painting (Gerhard Richter's Betty, 1988). Editor(s): Regier, Alexander; De Bolla, Peter; Uhlig, Stefan H. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Ten leading commentators explore the interfaces between art and aesthetics in dialogue with a philosophical text (Theodor Adorno's draft introduction to Aesthetic Theory ), a piece of literary writing (Franz Kafka's A Report to an Academy ), and a major contemporary painting (Gerhard Richter's Betty , 1988).
Ten leading commentators explore the interfaces between art and aesthetics in dialogue with a philosophical text (Theodor Adorno's draft introduction to Aesthetic Theory ), a piece of literary writing (Franz Kafka's A Report to an Academy ), and a major contemporary painting (Gerhard Richter's Betty , 1988).
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Language, Discourse, Society
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230549197
SKU
V9780230549197
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PETER DE BOLLA is Reader in Cultural History and Aesthetics at the University of Cambridge, UK ANTHONY J. CASCARDI is Director of the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley, USA HOWARD CAYGILL is Professor of Cultural History at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK STANLEY CORNGOLD is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at ... Read more
Reviews for Aesthetics and The Work of Art: Adorno, Kafka, Richter (Language, Discourse, Society)
'...this is an excellent, impassioned collection on a vital topic by a variety of authors who make powerful cases, from multiple perspectives, about how we might best practise aesthetics today.' - Michael Kelly, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews