Art and Entertainment

ISBN-13: 9781138599949 / Miękka / 2024 / 278 str.

Andy Hamilton

Opis

Art and Entertainment: A Philosophical Exploration will appeal to those working in art and aesthetics, and those in related disciplines such as cultural studies, music and film studies, with an interest in entertainment.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The aesthetics of entertainment  Interview with Louise Gibbs  2. A Kristeller thesis for entertainment  3. Defining art: art for art's sake and political art  Interview with Mark Carroll   Interview with Mandhira de Saram   Interview with James Young  4. Taste and criticism  5. Genius: defending a Kantian account against Romantic hyperbole and Nietzschean scepticism  6. Canons and the test of time and place  Intervew with James Parakilas   Interview with Molly Barnes  7. Aesthetics of product design  8. Cultural appropriation and artistic freedom  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Andy Hamilton teaches at Durham University, UK. He has published books and articles on aesthetics, Wittgenstein and philosophy of mind. He is the biographer of Lee Konitz, and writes for The Wire and other magazines on jazz and contemporary composition. He is a jazz pianist.