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The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays

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This volume explores some of the more important of Hans-Georg Gadamer's extensive writings on art and literature. The principal text included is 'The Relevance of the Beautiful', Gadamer's most sustained treatment of philosophical aesthetics. The eleven other essays focus particularly on the challenge issued by modern painting and literature to our customary ideas of art, and in turn revitalize our understanding of it. Gadamer demonstrates the continuing importance of such concepts as imitation, truth, symbol, and play for our appreciation of contemporary art, and thereby establishes its continuity with the Western tradition. The essays here are not technical and are ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521339537
SKU
V9780521339537
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