| Soundproof Room: Malraux's Anti-Aesthetics Contributor(s): Lyotard, Jean-François (Author), Harvey, Robert (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0804737509 ISBN-13: 9780804737500 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: In this, one of the last published books planned by one of the major cultural philosophers of our time, Lyotard addresses, in his powerful and allusive critical voice, Malraux' s reflections on art and literature. The result, more than a sequel to Lyotard' s acclaimed biography Signe Malraux, tells us as much about Lyotard and his critical concerns as it does about Malraux. It gives us Lyotard' s final thoughts on his long study of the critical, disruptive possibilities of art and of the relation between aesthetics and politics. At first glance, Lyotard' s sympathetic and generous analysis of Malraux might be surprising to some, for Malraux' s metaphysics of art seems far removed from, if not diametrically opposed to, Lyotard' s postmodern, experimental approach. But this is perhaps the book' s greatest achievement, for Lyotard succeeds both in giving a compelling critical reading of Malraux (and through him of an entire era of art criticism) and in presenting, complicating, and developing his own position on art and aesthetics. In order to present Lyotard' s exquisitely compact style in the best possible way, the original French text appears on facing pages with the English translation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 843.912 |
| LCCN: 00050484 |
| Series: Cultural Memory in the Present |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.38 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this, one of the last published books planned by one of the major cultural philosophers of our time, Lyotard addresses, in his powerful and allusive critical voice, Malraux's reflections on art and literature. The result, more than a sequel to Lyotard's acclaimed biography Signé Malraux, tells us as much about Lyotard and his critical concerns as it does about Malraux. It gives us Lyotard's final thoughts on his long study of the critical, disruptive possibilities of art and of the relation between aesthetics and politics. At first glance, Lyotard's sympathetic and generous analysis of Malraux might be surprising to some, for Malraux's metaphysics of art seems far removed from, if not diametrically opposed to, Lyotard's postmodern, experimental approach. But this is perhaps the book's greatest achievement, for Lyotard succeeds both in giving a compelling critical reading of Malraux (and through him of an entire era of art criticism) and in presenting, complicating, and developing his own position on art and aesthetics. In order to present Lyotard's exquisitely compact style in the best possible way, the original French text appears on facing pages with the English translation. |