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The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics
Kivy
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Description for The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics
Hardback. A survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available. It features eighteen freshly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art, the interpretation of art, and many other forms of art such as literature, movies, and music. Editor(s): Kivy, Peter. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 840.
The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume features eighteen newly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art, the interpretation of art, and many other forms of art such as literature, movies, and music.
The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume features eighteen newly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art, the interpretation of art, and many other forms of art such as literature, movies, and music.
- Provides a guide to the central traditional and cutting edge issues in aesthetics today.
- Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, including Peter Kivy, George Dickie, Noël Carroll, Paul Guyer, Ted Cohen, Marcia Eaton, Joseph Margolis, Berys Gaut, Nicholas Wolterstrorff, Susan Feagin, Peter Lamarque, Stein Olsen, Francis Sparshott, Alan Goldman, ... Read more
- Functions as the ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in aesthetics, art theory, and philosophy of art.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Philosophy Guides
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631221302
SKU
V9780631221302
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About Kivy
Peter Kivy is Board of Governors professor of philosophy at Rutgers University and a past president of the American Society for Aesthetics. His most recent books are The Possessor and the Possessed: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and the Idea of Musical Genius (2001), New Essays on Musical Understanding (2001), and Introduction to a Philosophy of Music (2002).
Reviews for The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics
"This volume vaults the reader immediately into the center of philosophical conversation about the arts. The high-caliber authors advance substantive positions on a very satisfying sweep of issues, and the resulting whole displays to advantage both the good sense and provocativeness of contemporary Anglo-American aesthetics." Eileen John, University of Louisville "From a volume ... Read more