The notion of ""the real"" continues to be hotly debated in an era when the internet, virtual reality, cybertheory and bioethics challenge the very nature of ""reality."" Combining the advantages of a critical reader with the immediacy of cutting-edge debate, practitioners and commentators provide crucial insights into contemporary aesthetics, engaging with the ideas of critics and thinkers from Linda Nochlin through to Lyotard and Baudrillard.
The notion of ""the real"" continues to be hotly debated in an era when the internet, virtual reality, cybertheory and bioethics challenge the very na...
Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva?
Other beginners' guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who ""think in images."" Contemporary Thinkers Reframed instead uses the language of the arts to explore the usefulness in practice of complex ideas.
Short, contemporary and accessible, these lively books utilize actual examples of artworks, films, television shows, works of architecture, fashion and even computer games to explain and explore the work of the most commonly taught thinkers. Conceived...
Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva?
Other beginners' guides can feel as impenetrable as the or...
