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Aesthetics as Phenomenology

The Appearance of Things

Günter Figal author Jerome Veith translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Published:2nd Feb '15

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Connecting aesthetic experience with our experience of nature or with other cultural artifacts, Aesthetics as Phenomenology focuses on what art means for cognition, recognition, and affect—how art changes our everyday disposition or behavior. Günter Figal engages in a penetrating analysis of the moment at which, in our contemplation of a work of art, reaction and thought confront each other. For those trained in the visual arts and for more casual viewers, Figal unmasks art as a decentering experience that opens further possibilities for understanding our lives and our world.

Aesthetics as Phenomenology is an important and potentially major contribution to the philosophy of art.

* Phenomenological Revie

ISBN: 9780253015518

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 544g

292 pages