| Pragmatist Aesthetics: Living Beauty, Rethinking Art, Second Edition Contributor(s): Shusterman, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847697657 ISBN-13: 9780847697656 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: This much acclaimed book has emerged as neo-pragmatism's most significant contribution to contemporary aesthetics. By articulating a deeply embodied notion of aesthetic experience and the art of living, and by providing a compellingly rigorous defense of popular art--crowned by a pioneer study of hip hop--Richard Shusterman reorients aesthetics towards a fresher, more relevant, and socially progressive agenda. The second edition contains an introduction where Shusterman responds to his critics, and it concludes with an added chapter that formulates his novel notion of somaesthetics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | Movements - Pragmatism |
| Dewey: 111 |
| LCCN: 99056792 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6" W x 9.06" (1.20 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This much acclaimed book has emerged as neo-pragmatism's most significant contribution to contemporary aesthetics. By articulating a deeply embodied notion of aesthetic experience and the art of living, and by providing a compellingly rigorous defense of popular art-crowned by a pioneer study of hip hop-Richard Shusterman reorients aesthetics towards a fresher, more relevant, and socially progressive agenda. The second edition contains an introduction where Shusterman responds to his critics, and it concludes with an added chapter that formulates his novel notion of somaesthetics. |