Michael Fried and philosophy : modernism, intention, and theatricality / edited by Mathew Abbott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abbott, Mathew, editor.

Series:

Routledge research in aesthetics ; 1.

Routledge research in aesthetics ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fried, Michael.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

vi, 267 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

This book brings together philosophers, literary theorists, and art historians to argue for the philosophical significance of Michael Fried's art history and criticism. It demonstrates that Fried's analyses of absorption and theatricality, and the accounts of modernism he develops from them, can throw new light on problems in aesthetics, and questions of authenticity, scepticism, modernity, and politics. Featuring an essay by Fried and articles from world-leading scholars, this collection contributes to current debates in aesthetics, modernism studies, literary studies, art theory, and both analytic and continental philosophy

Contents:

1 Modernism and the Discovery of Finitude p. 18 / Mathew Abbott

2 "When I Raise My Arm": Michael Fried's Theory of Action p. 33 / Walter Benn Michaels

3 Why Does Photography Matter as Art Now, as Never Before? On Fried and Intention p. 48 / Robert B. Pippin

4 Schiller, Schopenhauer, Fried p. 64 / David E. Wellbery

5 Deep Relationality and the Hinge-like Structure of History: Michael Fried's Photographs p. 87 / Stephen Mulhall

6 Becoming Medium p. 104 / Stephen Melville

7 Formalism and the Appearance of Nature p. 117 / Richard Moran

8 Michael Fried, Theatricality, and the Threat of Skepticism p. 129 / Paul J. Gudel

9 Michael Fried's Intentionality p. 138 / Rex Butler

10 On the (So-Called) Problem of Detail: Michael Fried, Roland Barthes, and Roger Scruton on Photography and Intentionality p. 151 / Diarmuid costello

11 The Aesthetics of Absorption p. 171 / Magdalena Ostas

12 Grace and Equality, and Fried and Rancière (and Kant)

13 Diderot's Conception of Aesthetic Subjectivity and the Possibility of Art p. 206 / Andrea Kern

14 The Promise of the Present: Michael Fried's Poetry Now p. 226 / Jennifer Ashton

15 Constantin Constantius Goes to the Theater p. 243 / Michael Fried.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138679801

1138679801

OCLC:

1015253370