A Return to Aesthetics: Autonomy, Indifference, and Postmodernism Contributor(s): Loesberg, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804751153 ISBN-13: 9780804751155 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2005 Annotation: ., ."this is a forward-looking and vital contribution to aesthetics. In a convincing account, which masterfully links careful historical analysis with contemporary debate, Loesberg offers what is badly needed: a way out and beyond the ideological impasse between the alleged foundationalism of aesthetics and the supposed anti-aesthetics of postmodernism."-- British Journal of Aesthetics "A Return to Aesthetics offers a fresh and interesting approach to the classical concepts of the aesthetic theory, namely autonomous form."-- Consciousness, Literature and the Arts |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
Dewey: 111.85 |
LCCN: 2005002880 |
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.1" W x 9.4" (1.14 lbs) 304 pages |
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Publisher Description: A Return to Aesthetics confronts postmodernism's rejection of aesthetics by showing that this critique rests on central concepts of classical aesthetic theory, namely autonomous form, disinterest, and symbolic discourse. |