Aesthetics and modernity : essays / Agnes Heller ; edited by John Rundell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Ágnes.

Contributor:

Rundell, John F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aesthetics and Modernity brings together Agnes Heller's most recent essays on aesthetic genres such as painting, music, literature and comedy, aesthetic reception and embodiment in the context of the continuing pitfalls of modernity. The essays also throw light on Heller's theories of values, emotions and feelings, embodiment, and modernity. Those with an interest in philosophy, critical theory, aesthetics, and social theory will find this collection illuminating, and an essential addition to any philosophy bookshelf.

Contents:

Agnes Heller: modernity, aesthetics and the human condition, an interpretative essay / John Rundell

What went wrong with the concept of the beautiful?

Autonomy of art or the dignity of the artwork

The role of emotions in the reception of artworks

Joke culture and transformations of the public sphere

The contemporary historical novel

The metaphysics of embodiment in the western tradition

European master-narratives about freedom

The three logics of modernity and the double bind of the modern imagination

The absolute stranger: Shakespeare and the drama of failed assimilation

The gods of Greece : Germans and Greeks

Self representation and the representation of the other

Where are we at home?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-27525-1

1-282-97697-4

9786612976971

0-7391-4133-3

OCLC:

701062108