Aesthetics: The Key Thinkers
Professor Alessandro Giovannelli editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:26th Aug '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An introduction to the history of aesthetics, designed specifically to meet the needs of undergraduate students.
Aesthetics: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive historical overview of the field of aesthetics. Thirty specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the contributions of philosophers who have shaped the subject, from its origins in the work of the ancient Greeks to contemporary developments in the 21st century. Now thoroughly revised and updated throughout, this second edition includes new chapters on Ludwig Wittgenstein, Susanne Langer, Bernard Bolzano, as well as more coverage of post-1950 aesthetics with Frank Sibley, Stanley Cavell, Peter Kivy, Noël Carroll, Peter Lamarque, and Jerrold Levinson.
The book reconstructs the history of aesthetics, clearly illustrating the most important attempts to address such crucial issues as the nature of aesthetic judgment, the status of art, and the place of the arts within society. Ideal for undergraduate students, it lays the necessary foundations for a complete and thorough understanding of this fascinating subject.
This expanded edition adds to the original eighteen chapters new entries on Shaftesbury, Hutcheson, Du Bos, Batteux, Bolzano, Wittgenstein, Langer, Sibley, Kivy, Lamarque, Carroll, and Levinson, all written by leading aestheticians. Giovannelli has provided an invaluable resource, for both students and researchers in the field. * Stephen Davies, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland, New Zealand *
There are many guides to philosophical aesthetics on the market, but this one stands out. Featuring chapters on virtually all the major theorists of art and beauty, the slate of contributors constitutes an array of many of the best aestheticians currently active. An invaluable supplement to any historically oriented course on the problems of aesthetics, now with this second edition even more comprehensive and up-to-date. * Jerrold Levinson, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Maryland, USA *
ISBN: 9781350085565
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 470g
376 pages
2nd edition