The new aestheticism / edited by John J. Joughin, Simon Malpas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joughin, John J., editor.

Malpas, Simon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics--History.

Aesthetics.

Aesthetics--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 242 pages)

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This text introduces the notion of a new aestheticism - 'new' insofar as it identifies a turn taken by some contemporary thinkers towards the idea that focussing on the aesthetic impact of a work of art or literature has the potential to open different ways of thinking about identity, politics and culture.

Contents:

List of contributors

The new aestheticism: an introduction

John J. Joughin and Simon Malpas

Part I Positions

1 Aesthetic education and the demise of experience Thomas Docherty

2 Art in time of war: towards a contemporary aesthetic Jonathan Dollimore

3 Mimesis in black and white: feminist aesthetics, negativity and semblance Ewa Plonowska Ziarek

4 What comes after art? Andrew Bowie

5 Touching art: aesthetics, fragmentation and community Simon Malpas

Part II Readings

6 The Alexandrian aesthetic Howard Caygill

7 Defending poetry, or, is there an early modern aesthetic? Mark Robson

8 Shakespeare's genius: Hamlet, adaptation and the work of following John J. Joughin

9 Critical knowledge, scientific knowledge and the truth of literature Robert Eaglestone

10 Melancholy as form: towards an archaeology of modernism Jay Bernstein

Part III Reflections

11 Kant and the ends of criticism Gary Banham

12 Including transformation: notes on the art of the contemporary Andrew Benjamin

13 Aesthetics and politics: between Adorno and Heidegger Joanna Hodge

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-3782-8