Wittgenstein, Theory and the Arts

ISBN-13: 9780415228756 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 320 str.

Richard Allen; Malcolm Turvey

Opis

Wittgenstein, Culture and the Arts is the first full exploration of the profound implications of Wittgenstein's philosophy for understanding the arts and cultural criticism. This stellar collection of original essays by philosophers and critics of the arts addresses the main philosophical topics of importance in the study of the arts and culture, such as humanism, criticism, the philosophy of language, psychology, painting, performance, film and ethics. The essays exemplify Wittgenstein's method of conceptual investigation and highlight his notion of philosophy as a cure. This will be an invaluable book to all those interested in Wittgenstein studies and the arts. Richard Allen, New York University; Malcolm Turvey, Sarah Lawrence College; Peter Hacker, St Johns College Oxford; Oswald Hanfling, Open University; John Hyman, Queens College Oxford; Louis Sass, Rutg

Recenzje

'This is an interesting collection ... all the essays are worth reading.' - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

'A carefully structured and finely nuanced investigation of Wittgenstein, theory and the arts ... this anthology is most effective and it's approach most helpful.' - British Journal of Aesthetics

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy, Richard Allen, Malcolm Turvey; Part 1 Wittgenstein, the Humanities and Art; Chapter 2 Wittgenstein and the Autonomy of Humanistic Understanding, P.M.S. Hacker; Chapter 3 Wittgenstein on Language, Art and Humanity, Oswald Hanfling; Chapter 4 Wittgenstein, Performing Art and Action, Graham McFee; Chapter 5 Is Scepticism a ‘Natural Possibility’ of Language?, Malcolm Turvey; Chapter 6 The Urn and the Chamber Pot, John Hyman; Part 2 Theory and the Arts; Chapter 7 Language and Painting, Border Wars and Pipe Dreams, Ben R. Tilghman; Chapter 8 Cognitive Film Theory, Richard Allen; Chapter 9 The Coded-Message Model of Literature, Severin Schroeder; Chapter 10 Wittgenstein on Consciousness and Language, Charles Altieri; Chapter 11 Wittgenstein, Freud and the Nature of Psychoanalytic Explanation, Louis A. Sass;

O autorze

Richard Allen is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. Malcolm Turvey teachs film history at Sarah Lawrence College in New York State.