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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465408703321

Autore

Skowroński Krzysztof Piotr

Titolo

Beyond aesthetics and politics : philosophical and axiological studies on the avant-garde, pragmatism, and postmodernism / / Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński ; cover design, Studio Pollmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; New York : , : Rodopi, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

94-012-0944-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Value Inquiry Book Series ; ; Volume 264

Disciplina

111.85

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Pragmatism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

7. Deformation of Facial Images as Social Degradation (Gombrowicz).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- SANTAYANA AND THE AVANT-GARDE: VISUAL ARTS IN THE CONTEXT OF DEMOCRACY, NORMS, LIBERTY, AND SOCIAL PROGRESS -- STYLE AS THE TOOL OF TYRANNY IN GOMBROWICZ: AN AVANT-GARDIST AS A FORERUNNER OF POSTMODERNISM -- FACIAL IMAGES AS A WAY FOR THE ARTICULATION OF VALUES IN THE AVANT-GARDE’S AESTHETICS OF DEFORMATION. ANOTHER PRELUDE TO POSTMODERNISM -- THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN POLITICS AND AESTHETICS IN CLASSSIC AMERICAN PRAGMATISM: DEMOCRACY AND AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE IN WILLIAM JAMES -- AESTHETIC PERSUASION AND POLITICAL COMPULSION: LITERARY PHILOSOPHY IN LIGHT OF RICHARD RORTY’S IDEAS OF DEMOCRATIC LIBERALISM AND CULTURAL POLITICS -- FINAL REMARKS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX -- VALUE INQUIRY BOOK SERIES.

Sommario/riassunto

The book presents five philosophical and axiological studies devoted to the relationship between aesthetics and politics . It shows this relationship throughout the works of some avant-gardists, pragmatists, and postmodernists. It is also a voice in the discussion about the meaning of the fine arts and aesthetics in the context of the political aims and norms. This voice claims that the political dimension of art



and aesthetics should be studied much more seriously than it has been till today, and needs more courageous re-interpretations and re-readings.