| Description |
xv, 485 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Arguing about philosophy |
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Arguing about philosophy.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. The art of food? -- 2. Food as art / Elizabeth Telfer -- 3. The meaning of taste and the taste of meaning / Carolyn Korsmeyer -- Pt. 2. The "authentic" performance of music -- 4. Authenticity in musical performance / Stephen Davies -- 5. The concept of authentic performance / James O. Young -- Pt. 3. Fakes and forgeries -- 6. What is wrong with a forgery? / Alfred LessingĖ -- 7. Artistic crimes / Denis Dutton -- Pt. 4. Rock music and culture -- 8. The decline of musical culture / Roger Scruton -- 9. Music's worldly uses, or how I learned to stop worrying and to love Led Zeppelin / Theodore Gracye -- Pt. 5. Appreciation, understanding, and nature -- 10. Aesthetic appreciation of the natural environment / Allen Carlson -- 11. On being moved by nature: between religion and natural history / Noel Carroll -- 12. Models of nature appreciation / Malcolm Budd -- Pt. 6. Photography and representation -- 13. Photography and representation / Roger Scruton -- 14. The aesthetics of photographic transparency / Dominic McIver Lopes -- 15. The real challenge for an aesthetics of photography / Dawn M. Phillips -- Pt. 7. Feelings and fictions -- 16. Fearing fictionally / Kendall L. Walton -- 17. Fiction and the emotions / Alex Neill -- Pt. 8. Enjoying horror -- 18. Why horror? / Noel Carroll -- 19. The paradox of horror / Berys Gaut -- Pt. 9. Sentimentality -- 20. Sentimentality / Anthony Savile -- 21. The alleged unwholesomeness of sentimentality / Ira Newman -- 22. Sentimentality and truthfulness / David Pugmire -- Pt. 10. Pornography and erotica -- 23. Pornographic art / Matthew Kieran -- 24. Erotic art and pornographic pictures / Jerrold Levinson -- Pt. 11. Public art -- 25. Transcript of a hearing to decide the future of Tilted Arc / Various Contributors -- 26. What is public art?: time, place, and meaning / Hilde Hein -- 27. Public art/public space: the spectacle of the Tilted Arc controversy / Gregg M. Horowitz -- 28. Public art controversy: the Serra and Lin cases / Michael Kelly -- Pt. 12. Are there societies without art? -- 29. "But they don't have our concept of art" / Denis Dutton -- 30. Western and non-Western concepts of art / Larry Shiner |
| Summary |
This acclaimed and accessible anthology is ideal for newcomers to aesthetics or philosophy. The authors introduce a wide range of discussions including sentimentality, feminism and aesthetics, appreciation, understanding and nature |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century.
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Aesthetics, Modern.
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Art -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Neill, Alex.
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Ridley, Aaron.
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| LC no. |
2007015397 |
| ISBN |
041542450X (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415424518 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780415424509 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415424516 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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