The Aesthetics of Self-Becoming: How Art Forms Empower

ISBN-13: 9781032093437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 172 str.

Paul Crowther

Opis

This book outlines an aesthetics of self-becoming, wherein we do not simply consume artistic meaning, but become empowered by adapting ourselves to what creation in the different art forms enable.

Recenzje

"Crowther is sensitive to analytical issues of definition, but his challenge is far bigger: what is the political relevance of art in contemporary culture? He makes his point convincingly, through detailed analyses of works of all kinds. And he is right: art is a saviour." — Rob van Gerwen, Utrecht University

Spis treści

Introduction: The Politics of Artistic Creation

Chapter 1 - Conditions of Self-Consciousness: The Necessity of the Aesthetic

Chapter 2 – The Depths of Pictorial Art

Chapter 3 - Hyperbodiment and Aesthetic Meaning in Film

Chapter 4 - The Intimacy of Reading: Literature as Art

Chapter 5 – A Little Theatre…

Chapter 6 – Music As Education

Chapter 7 - Arts in the Digital Age

O autorze

Paul Crowther is Professor of Philosophy at Alma Mater Europaea – Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His recent books include Digital Art, Aesthetic Creation: The Birth of a Medium (Routledge, 2019) and What Drawing and Painting Really Mean: The Phenomenology of Image and Gesture (Routledge, 2017)