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Aesthetics, Literature, and Life

- Essays in honor of Jean Pierre Cometti

part of the Aesthetics series

About Aesthetics, Literature, and Life

The complex relationship between life and the arts has always been a crucial topic in philosophical discourse. The essays in this book discuss fundamental issues of modern and contemporary aesthetics, drawing upon the work of the French philosopher Jean- Pierre Cometti, a key figure in the studies of aesthetics, pragmatism, and Austrian philosophy. The volume covers a wide-range of topics, from the examination of fundamental principles of art and literary criticism to a new understanding of the Modernist notion of art. It proposes an anthropological aesthetics using Musil¿s The Man Without Qualities or the analysis of literary characters such as Tolstoj¿s Hadji Murat and Cervantes¿ Don Quixote as a tool to cast light on themes in Wittgenstein¿s philosophy. Editors Carla Carmona and Jerrold Levinson have brought together renowned voices in the field of philosophy to offer a window onto Cometti¿s philosophical work, as well as an in-depth analysis of contemporary artistic and aesthetic practices, in an effort to overcome what can sometimes appear as a gulf between art and life.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9788869771804
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 296
  • Published:
  • April 29, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 214x143x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 370 g.
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Description of Aesthetics, Literature, and Life

The complex relationship between life and the arts has always been a crucial topic in philosophical discourse. The essays in this book discuss fundamental issues of modern and contemporary aesthetics, drawing upon the work of the French philosopher Jean- Pierre Cometti, a key figure in the studies of aesthetics, pragmatism, and Austrian philosophy. The volume covers a wide-range of topics, from the examination of fundamental principles of art and literary criticism to a new understanding of the Modernist notion of art. It proposes an anthropological aesthetics using Musil¿s The Man Without Qualities or the analysis of literary characters such as Tolstoj¿s Hadji Murat and Cervantes¿ Don Quixote as a tool to cast light on themes in Wittgenstein¿s philosophy. Editors Carla Carmona and Jerrold Levinson have brought together renowned voices in the field of philosophy to offer a window onto Cometti¿s philosophical work, as well as an in-depth analysis of contemporary artistic and aesthetic practices, in an effort to overcome what can sometimes appear as a gulf between art and life.

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