This collection of essays aims to present a translation from the medium of choreography to the written text. They investigate the possibilities of written language as invention, and use text as a means to illustrate specific tenets or describe choreographic projects.

Since the mid-1980s, Arthur C. Danto has been increasingly concerned with the implications of the demise of modernism, and out of the wake of modernist art has suggested that a radically pluralistic art world has emerged. His essays here discuss his vision of the art world and the implications it has for criticism. Horowitz and Huhn analyze in this text the constellation of philosophical and critical elements in Danto's new-Hegelian art theory. In order to do this, the critics employ themes from Kantian aesthetics to elucidate the continuing persistence of taste therein.

A voice contributing to the discourse on contemporary ethical issues in art and design, this text addresses the relationship of ethics to art and design practice, and the ability of the arts to "matter" in the 20th century "fin de siecle". Leading theoreticians and practitioners of art explore, through informal discussion or the formal essay, issues of political space, user-centred design, the social responsibility of the artist, design legislation, cultural hierarchy, modernism as colonialism, and the ethical opportunities and minefields of postmodernism.

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In this collection of essays and interviews, Mark Poster examines theoretical approaches and develops his own position on our information based society. He contends that new communications media disrupt and transfigure the way identities are constituted in cultural exchanges. He looks in detail at several aspects of what might be called "internet culture", including virtuality and democracy. Poster advocates an awareness of the Internet and other new forms of communication, calling for a mobilization to ensure accessibility to all and to configure technology into vehicles of open cultural...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Arthur C. Danto has been increasingly concerned with the implications of the demise of modernism, and out of the wake of modernist art has suggested that a radically pluralistic art world has emerged. His essays here discuss his vision of the art world and the implications it has for criticism.