| The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition, Second, Revised and Expanded Edition Contributor(s): Ottmann, Klaus (Author) |
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ISBN: 0882145924 ISBN-13: 9780882145921 Publisher: Spring Publications OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Psychology | Creative Ability |
| Dewey: 111.85 |
| LCCN: 2015931206 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE GENIUS DECISION is not an attempt at explaining or predicting genius. Nor is its goal to construct a concept or the concept of genius. Rather, the following should be considered as a horizon of conceptual events that constitute an philosophy of desire within the ethical-aesthetical writings of seven of Western philosophy's most influential thinkers: Spinoza, Schelling, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Peirce, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger. This postmodern reevaluation of genius suggests that while there is no essentialist quality of genius, the postmodern artist can reach the Extraordinary by way of an active-passive Genius Decision, which is engaged in an activity of failure in its desire to represent the Nonrepresentable. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ottmann, Klaus: - Klaus Ottmann is a philosopher, writer, and curator based in New York. He has written numerous essays on art, design, and philosophy, and is the author of The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition; The Essentiala cents Michelangelo; The Essentiala cents Mark Rothko; Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective; and James Lee Byars: Life, Love, and Death. He is the curator of the sixth SITE Santa Fe international biennial, which takes place between July and December 2006. |