| Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art Contributor(s): Desmond, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791457451 ISBN-13: 9780791457450 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Dewey: 111.85 |
| LCCN: 2003057266 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6" W x 9.5" (1.18 lbs) 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though our time is often said to be post-religious and post-metaphysical, many continue to seek some encounter with otherness and transcendence in art. This book deals diversely with the issues of art, origins, and otherness, both in themselves and in philosophical engagements with the works of Plato, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Addressing themes such as eros and mania, genius and the sublime, transcendence and the saving power of art, William Desmond tries to make sense of the paradox that too much has been asked of art that now almost nothing is asked of it. He argues that there is more to be said philosophically of art, and claims that art has the power to open up mindfulness beyond objectifying knowledge, as well as beyond thinking that claims to be entirely self-determining. |
