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  • A Companion to Arthur C. Danto

    Series series Wiley Companions to Philosophy
    A Companion to Arthur C. Danto paints a detailed portrait of one the most significant figures in twentieth-century philosophy and art criticism, offering unparalleled coverage of all aspects of Danto’s writings, artworks, and thought. Edited by two long-time colleagues of Arthur Danto, this interdisciplinary resource presents more than 40 original essays from both prominent Danto scholars and ... Read more

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  • Apt Imaginings

    Feelings for Fictions and Other Creatures of the Mind

    Series series Thinking Art
    How do our engagements with fictions and other products of the imagination compare to our experiences of the real world? Are the feelings we have about a novel's characters modelled on our thoughts about actual people? If it is wrong to feel pleasure over certain situations in real life, can it nonetheless be right to take pleasure in analogous scenarios represented in a fantasy or film? Should ... Read more

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  • The Cosmopolitan Military

    Armed Forces and Human Security in the 21st Century

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    What role should national militaries play in an increasingly globalised and interdependent world? This book examines the often difficult transition they have made toward missions aimed at protecting civilians and promoting human security, and asks whether we might expect the emergence of armed forces that exist to serve the wider human community. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture

    Series series Routledge Philosophy Companions
    Comprising 45 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international team of leading experts, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture is the first handbook of its kind. The editors have organized the chapters across eight broader sections:ArtformsHistoryQuestions of form, style, and addressArt and scienceComparisons among the artsQuestions of ... Read more

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  • Umberto Eco

    Philosophy, Semiotics and the Work of Fiction

    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of Umberto Eco - one of the most important writers in Europe today. ... Read more

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  • Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art?

    What is conceptual art? Is it really a kind of art in its own right? Is it clever – or too clever?Of all the different art forms it is perhaps conceptual art which at once fascinates and infuriates the most. In this much-needed book Peter Goldie and Elisabeth Schellekens demystify conceptual art using the sharp tools of philosophy. They explain how conceptual art is driven by ideas rather than the ... Read more

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  • Staging Philosophy

    Intersections of Theater, Performance, and Philosophy

    Edited by David Krasner, David Z. Saltz ...
    Series series Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
    The fifteen original essays in Staging Philosophy make useful connections between the discipline of philosophy and the fields of theater and performance and use these insights to develop new theories about theater. Each of the contributors—leading scholars in the fields of performance and philosophy—breaks new ground, presents new arguments, and offers new theories that will pave the way for ... Read more

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  • Theatre and Performance Design

    A Reader in Scenography

    Theatre and Performance Design: A Reader in Scenography is an essential resource for those interested in the visual composition of performance and related scenographic practices.Theatre and performance studies, cultural theory, fine art, philosophy and the social sciences are brought together in one volume to examine the principle forces that inform understanding of theatre and performance design ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics

    Edited by Berys Gaut, Dominic Lopes ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy Companions
    The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics.This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Foucault, Goodman, and Wollheim. The second part covers the central concepts ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Art

    Series series Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts
    Now available in a fully revised and updated second edition, this accessible and insightful introduction outlines the central theories and ongoing debates in the philosophy of art.Covers a wide range of topics, including the definition and interpretation of art, the connections between artistic and ethical judgment, and the expression and elicitation of emotions through artIncludes discussion of ... Read more

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  • After the End of Art

    Contemporary Art and the Pale of History - Updated Edition

    Series series Bollingen Series
    The classic and provocative account of how art changed irrevocably with pop art and why traditional aesthetics can’t make sense of contemporary artA classic of art criticism and philosophy, After the End of Art continues to generate heated debate for its radical and famous assertion that art ended in the 1960s. Arthur Danto, a philosopher who was also one of the leading art critics of his time, ... Read more

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