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New Directions in Aesthetics Ser.: Art and Ethical Criticism by Garry L. Hagberg (2008, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-101405134836
ISBN-139781405134835
eBay Product ID (ePID)109453721
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameArt and Ethical Criticism
SubjectCriticism & Theory, Aesthetics
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt, Philosophy
AuthorGarry L. Hagberg
SeriesNew Directions in Aesthetics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight20.7 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-046033
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Hagberg draws together some of the top thinkers in aesthetics to consider the cross-impacts between these philosophical disciplines. The selections are widely representative of approaches to ethical criticism of artworks, and the ethical/aesthetic dimensions of the literary, visual, and auditory arts." ( CHOICE , March 2009) "Garry Hagberg's new anthology Art and Ethical Criticism consists of twelve new essays--ten by philosophers, one each by an art historian and a professor of French--together with a short foreword. The overall argument that emerges from these essays is that the first, broader topic (the powers and interest of art for human subjects) is more important than the second, narrower topic (the relation between artistic and moral value), and the essays are strongest exactly when they illuminate the powers and interest of art, precisely by not separating the artistic and ethical features of a work sharply from each other." ( Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews , January 2009)
Series Volume Number11
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal111.85
Table Of ContentNotes on Contributors vii Foreword xi Garry L. Hagberg Part I: Historical Foundations 1 1 Is Ethical Criticism a Problem? A Historical Perspective 3 Paul Guyer Part II: Conceptions of Ethical Content 33 2 Narrative and the Ethical Life 35 Noel Carroll 3 A Nation of Madame Bovarys: On the Possibility and Desirability of Moral Improvement through Fiction 63 Joshua Landy 4 Empathy, Expression, and What Artworks Have to Teach 95 Mitchell Green Part III: Literature and Moral Responsibility 123 5 "Solid Objects," Solid Objections: On Virginia Woolf and Philosophy 125 Paisley Livingston 6 Disgrace: Bernard Williams and J. M. Coetzee 144 Catherine Wilson 7 Facing Death Together: Camus's The Plague 163 Robert C. Solomon Part IV: Visual Art, Artifacts, and the Ethical Response 185 8 Staying in Touch 187 Carolyn Korsmeyer 9 Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus, and the Ethical Dimensions of Photography 211 David Davies 10 Ethical Judgments in Museums 229 Ivan Gaskell Part V: Music and Moral Relations 243 11 Cosi's Canon Quartet 245 Stephen Davies 12 Jazz Improvisation and Ethical Interaction: A Sketch of the Connections 259 Garry L. Hagberg Index 286
SynopsisProvides a timely and philosophically significant contribution to modern aesthetics Features some of the best contemporary work in philosophical studies on literature, moral beliefs, and thinking in art Reflects on the significance of a moral life of engagement with works of art ., Through a series of essays, Art and Ethical Criticism explores the complex relationship between the arts and morality. Reflects the importance of a moral life of engagement with works of art Forms part of the prestigious New Directions in Aesthetics series, which confronts the most intriguing problems in aesthetics and the philosophy of art today, Early in his philosophical career, Wittgenstein cryptically remarked that Ethics and aesthetics are one and the same. But is the good really interchangeable with the beautiful ? While aesthetics and moral values often do seem to go hand in hand, we all know that the devil is in the details. Art and Ethical Criticism explores these elusive details to shine a scholarly light on the complex relationship between the arts and morality. This groundbreaking work begins with a thorough examination of the historical roots of the concept of ethical criticism as it applies to literature, the visual arts, and music. A series of thought-provoking essays by leading philosophers then delves deeply into the complex network of interconnections between the ethical and aesthetic realms. Areas explored include ways of describing ethical content in the arts; the value of literary case-studies for moral understanding; distinct ethical issues that arise in connection with our exposure to visual art, artifacts, photography, and architecture; and the significance of moral relations as depicted in music and its performance. The result is a multifaceted, conceptual study that probes into the sublime nature of beauty, art, and morality to reveal that ethics and aesthetics are not one and the same after all but nor are they, according to any simple division, two. Art and Ethical Criticism is a stimulating and insightful inquiry into contemporary philosophical debates that lie at the intersection of aesthetics and moral philosophy.
LC Classification NumberBH39.A6855 2008
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