Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art
(Sprache: Englisch)
Neither art nor philosophy was kind to beauty during the twentieth century. Much modern art disdains beauty, and many philosophers deeply suspect that beauty merely paints over or distracts us from horrors. This book reclaims beauty from its critics.
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Neither art nor philosophy was kind to beauty during the twentieth century. Much modern art disdains beauty, and many philosophers deeply suspect that beauty merely paints over or distracts us from horrors. This book reclaims beauty from its critics.
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Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER I: Plato or Schopenhauer? 1 A Feature of Appearance? 13 Modernist Voices 22 Modernist Appropriations 30 CHAPTER II: Criticism and Value 36 Th e Role of Reviewing 44 Beauty, Love, Friendship 53 Beauty, Attractiveness, Evolution 63 CHAPTER III: Art, Beauty, Desire 72 Beauty, Community, Universality 78 Uniformity, Style, Distinction 84 Aesthetics, Directness, Individuality 91 CHAPTER IV: Love and Death in Venice 102 Manet's Olympia 105 CHAPTER Interpretation, Depth, Breadth 120 CHAPTER Interpretation, Beauty, Goodness 126 Beauty, Uncertainty, Happiness 131 Notes 139 Permissions 169 Index 179
Autoren-Porträt von Alexander Nehamas
Alexander Nehamas is Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. He is the author of "Nietzsche: Life as Literature, The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault," and "Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates" (Princeton).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Alexander Nehamas
- 2007, 186 Seiten, Maße: 21,2 x 26,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: PRINCETON UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0691095213
- ISBN-13: 9780691095219
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Englisch
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