Images of thought : philosophical interpretations of Carlos Estévez's art / Jorge J.E. Gracia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gracia, Jorge J. E.

Series:

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Estévez, Carlos, 1969---Criticism and interpretation.

Estévez, Carlos.

Estévez, Carlos, 1969-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 264 pages, xvii leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, [2009]

Summary:

Is philosophy hopelessly opposed to art? Images of Thought answers negatively, claiming that visual images can be used effectively to grasp complex thoughts, and philosophy can be deployed to deepen our understanding of art. Jorge J. E. Gracia provides philosophical interpretations of seventeen works by the Cuban American artist Carlos Estevez that engage such topics as self-knowledge, the nature of the universe, faith and reason, permanence and change, the self and the other, women and men, freedom and determinism, providence, and predestination. The study's novelty lies both in its use of the interpretation of art to understand traditional philosophical problems and the theory it proposes concerning the nature of interpretation. The clarity of the discussion and an engaging style make it accessible to a wider audience.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Art and Philosophy 1

Chapter 2 Carlos Estevez and His Art 11

Part 1 Philosophical Interpretations of Estevez's Works Knowledge

Chapter 3 Know Thyself 21

Chapter 4 I Am Myself and My Circumstances 29

Chapter 5 Everything We Know Is Numbers 37

Chapter 6 No Man Knows the Whole Truth 45

Chapter 7 Faith Seeks Understanding 51

Reality

Chapter 8 You Cannot Step into the Same River Twice 63

Chapter 9 No Part of the Whole Is Empty 71

Chapter 10 There Is No New Thing under the Sun 77

Chapter 11 The Living Creature Is a World Order in Miniature 83

Society

Chapter 12 Negotiating Identities 91

Chapter 13 What Then Is a Race? 99

Chapter 14 Imagined Communities 107

Chapter 15 I-Thou 115

Chapter 16 Male and Female 125

Destiny

Chapter 17 The Will Does Not Desire of Necessity 133

Chapter 18 The Very Hairs of Your Head Are All Numbered 141

Chapter 19 God Has Predestined His Elect 147

Part 2 Philosophical Interpretations and Art

Chapter 20 Interpretation 155

Chapter 21 Art 177

Chapter 22 Philosophical Interpretations of Art 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index.

ISBN:

9780791493793

0791493792

9780791493809

0791493806

OCLC:

233697349