Art and Embodiment: From Aesthetics to Self-Consciousness

by Paul Crowther

Book Overview

In his Critical Aesthetics and Postmodernism, Paul Crowther argued that art and aesthetic experiences have the capacity to humanize. In Art and Embodiment he develops this theme in much greater depth, arguing that art can bridge the gap between philosophy's traditional striving for generality and completeness, and the concreteness and contingency of humanity's basic relation to the world. As the key element in his theory, he proposes an ecological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199244979
• ISBN13: 9780199244973
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.6"