Visual Art and Self-Construction Contributor(s): Mitcheson, Katrina (Author) |
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ISBN: 074869367X ISBN-13: 9780748693672 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Art | Criticism & Theory - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.94 lbs) 176 pages |
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Publisher Description: Starting from Nietzsche, Freud and Foucault's criticisms of a simple, given self, Katrina Mitcheson addresses the problem of how a complex self is constructed, and how a hermeneutics of the self can avoid reproducing a subjugated self. Critically examining Ricoeur's narrative account of self-construction, Mitcheson makes the case that the narrative model overlooks the variety of processes that can contribute to forming a self and neglects the materiality of these processes. She develops an alternative account of a plural and corporeal hermeneutics of the self: exploring how visual art can operate as a critical technology of the self. Art not only exposes practices that contribute to our subjugation, but can also discover, explore and affect bodily processes, enabling experimentation in self-construction. |