Jerrold Levinson (University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy

Broschiertes Buch

Contemplating Art

Essays in Aesthetics

Beschreibung

A compendium of writings by one of the leading figures in aesthetics. This work contains twenty-four essays, which range over issues in general aesthetics and those relating to specific arts - in particular music, film, and literature. It is useful for philosophers, musicologists, literary theorists, art critics, and reflective lovers of the arts.

Autor

Jerrold Levinson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park. His publications include Music, Art, and Metaphysics (1990), The Pleasures of Aesthetics (1998), and Music in the Moment (1998). He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics (2003) and co-editor of Aesthetic Concepts (2001). He is Past President of the American Society for Aesthetics and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Aesthetics. His work is widely anthologized and translated into various languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9780199206179
• ISBN-10: 0199206171
• Artikelnr.: 21600759