| The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art Contributor(s): Chakrabarti, Arindam (Editor), Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi (Editor), Tan, Sor-Hoon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350058025 ISBN-13: 9781350058026 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Eastern - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Art | Asian - Indian & South Asian |
| Dewey: 181.4 |
| Series: Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 440 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A] positive contribution to the discourse on aesthetics from a cross-cultural perspective. It should be required reading for any academic who teaches and writes on aesthetics and the philosophy of art . . . There is much to be inspired by, and to learn from.- The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art provides an extensive research resource to the burgeoning field of Asian aesthetics. Featuring leading international scholars and teachers whose work defines the field, this unique volume reflects the very best scholarship in creative, analytic, and comparative philosophy. Beginning with a philosophical reconstruction of the classical rasa aesthetics, chapters range from the nature of art-emotions, tones of thinking, and aesthetic education to issues in film-theory and problems of the past versus present. As well as discussing indigenous versus foreign in aesthetic practices, this volume covers North and South Indian performance practices and theories, alongside recent and new themes including the Gandhian aesthetics of surrender and self-control and the aesthetics of touch in the light of the politics of untouchability. With such unparalleled and authoritative coverage, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art represents a dynamic map of comparative cross-cultural aesthetics. Bringing together original philosophical research from renowned thinkers, it makes a major contribution to both Eastern and Western contemporary aesthetics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chakrabarti, Arindam: - Arindam Chakrabarti, University of Hawai'i, USATan, Sor-Hoon: - Sor-hoon Tan is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore.Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi: - Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad is Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, and Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of Knowledge and Liberation in Classical Indian Thought (Palgrave, 2001), Advaita Epistemology and Metaphysics: An outline of Indian non-realism (Routledge, 2002), Eastern Philosophy (Wiedenfield and Nicholson, 2005), India: Life, Myth and Art (Duncan Baird, 2006), which has been translated into French, Polish and Finnish, and Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge (Ashgate, 2007). He is a member of the Academic Advisory Council at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Beyond Belief and Sunday Programme. |
