{"product_id":"aesthetics-isbn-9781118948323","title":"Aesthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revised second edition of the bestselling anthology on the major figures and themes in aesthetics and philosophy of art, the ideal resource for a comprehensive introduction to the study of aesthetics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e offers a well-rounded and thorough introduction to the evolution of modern thought on aesthetics. In a collection of over 60 readings, focused primarily on the Western tradition, this text includes works from key figures such as Plato, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Danto, and others. Broad in scope, this volume also contains contemporary works on the value of art, frequently-discussed continental texts, modern perspectives on feminist philosophy of art, and essays by authors outside of the community of academic philosophy, thereby immersing readers in an inclusive and balanced survey of aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe new second edition has been updated with contemporary essays, expanding the volume’s coverage to include the value of art, artistic worth and personal taste, questions of aesthetic experience, and contemporary debates on and new theories of art. This edition also incorporates new and more standard translations of Kant's \u003ci\u003eCritique of the Power of Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e and Schopenhauer's \u003ci\u003eThe World as Will and Representation\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as texts by Rousseau, Hegel, DuBois, Alain Locke, Budd, Robinson, Saito, Eaton and Levinson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a comprehensive selection of introductory readings on aesthetics and philosophy of art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps readers gain a deep historical understanding and clear perspective on contemporary questions in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers new essays specifically selected to promote inclusivity and to highlight contemporary discussions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces new essays on topics such as environmental and everyday aesthetics, evolutionary aesthetics, and the connections between aesthetics and ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppropriate for both beginning and advanced students of philosophical aesthetics, this selection of texts initiates readers into the study of the foundations of and central developments in aesthetic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Classic Sources\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Modern System of the Arts 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Oskar Kristeller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Ancient and Modern System of the Arts 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames O. Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Ion 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Republic 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Symposium 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Poetics 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAristotle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Ennead I, vi 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlotinus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 De Musica 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt. Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 On the Reduction of the Arts to Theology 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt. Bonaventure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThird Earl of Shaftesbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancis Hutcheson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Of the Standard of Taste 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Of Tragedy 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdmund Burke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Laocoon 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGotthold Lessing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Critique of the Power of Judgment 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImmanuel Kant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Modern Theories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Introduction 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Janaway and Sandra Shapshay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriedrich Schiller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Letter to M. d’Alembert on the Theatre 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ.-J. Rousseau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eG.W.F. Hegel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The World as Will and Representation 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur Schopenhauer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Beautiful in Music 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEduard Hanslick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Birth of Tragedy 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 What is Art? 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 “Psychical Distance” as a Factor in Art and as an Aesthetic Principle 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Bullough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Art 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClive Bell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Principles of Art 341\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.G. Collingwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Art as Experience 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Dewey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 379\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 The Origin of the Work of Art 397\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Heidegger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Aesthetic Theory 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodor Adorno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Criteria of Negro Art 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW.E.B. Du Bois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Art or Propaganda? 429\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlain Locke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Contemporary Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Introduction 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Ross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Artworld 439\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur Danto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 What is Art? An Institutional Analysis 449\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Dickie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 “Art” as a Cluster Concept 461\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerys Gaut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 When is Art? 475\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNelson Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Art and Its Objects 483\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Wollheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Varieties of Art 497\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 What a Musical Work Is 513\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerrold Levinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Fictional Characters as Abstract Artifacts 529\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmie L. Thomasson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Aesthetic Concepts 535\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Sibley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Categories of Art 551\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKendall L. Walton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 The Myth of the Aesthetic Attitude 569\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Dickie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 What is Aesthetic Experience? 581\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan H. Goldman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Artistic Value 589\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalcolm Budd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Beauty Restored 597\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Mothersill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Artistic Worth and Personal Taste 609\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerrold Levinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Style and Personality in the Literary Work 619\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenefer Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Criticism and Interpretation 631\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoël Carroll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 The Postulated Author: Critical Monism as a Regulative Ideal 641\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Nehamas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism 653\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEileen John\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Emotions in the Music 663\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Kivy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Music and Emotions 673\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenefer Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Fearing Fictions 691\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKendall L. Walton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Transparent Pictures: On the Nature of Photographic Realism 705\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKendall L. Walton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 The Power of Movies 723\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoël Carroll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Oppressive Texts, Resisting Readers, and the Gendered Spectator: The “New” Aesthetics 737\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Devereaux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Feminist Philosophy of Art 751\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.W. Eaton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 Appreciation and the Natural Environment 767\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllen Carlson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Everyday Aesthetics 777\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYuriko Saito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63 Aesthetic Value, Art, and Food 783\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Korsmeyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 Art and Aesthetic Behaviors as Possible Expressions of our Biologically Evolved Human Nature 791\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 797\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEVEN M. CAHN\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He has authored or edited over 60 books. Most recently he wrote \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Road Traveled and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInside Academia: Professors, Politics, and Policies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHANIE ROSS\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Gardens Mean \u003c\/i\u003eand papers on a variety of topics in aesthetics. Her new book, \u003ci\u003eTwo Thumbs Up: How Critics Aid Appreciation \u003c\/i\u003eis forthcoming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSANDRA SHAPSHAY\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY (City University of New York). She is the author of \u003ci\u003eReconstructing Schopenhauer's Ethics: Hope, Compassion, and Animal Welfare \u003c\/i\u003eand has published on 18th-19th century theories of the sublime and tragedy as well as contemporary environmental aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAESTHETICS\u003c\/b\u003e A COMPREHENSIVE ANTHOLOGY  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study of aesthetics is among the oldest areas of philosophical inquiry. Philosophers of all global traditions and historical eras have theorized about why we value art, the nature of beauty, and how we make aesthetic judgments and proclamations about works of art, artists, and artistic intent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e offers a well-rounded and thorough introduction to Anglo-American analytic aesthetics and the philosophy of art, beginning with the foundations of aesthetic philosophy in ancient tradition and charting a course through to modern art criticism and aesthetic thought. This large collection of over 60 readings balances contemporary commentaries from a wide range of influential thinkers in analytic aesthetics with representative samples of classic primary texts from their historical predecessors, including Plato, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, and others. Broad in scope, this anthology showcases recent scholarship on the value of art, excerpts from notable continental thinkers, and modern perspectives on feminist philosophy of art which contribute to an inclusive and balanced survey of the field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to the second edition are contemporary essays which expand the volume's coverage to include the value of art, artistic worth and personal taste, questions of aesthetic experience, and contemporary debates on new theories of art. This edition also incorporates new and more standard translations of Kant's \u003ci\u003eCritique of the Power of Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e and Schopenhauer's \u003ci\u003eThe World as Will and Representation\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as texts by Rousseau, Hegel, DuBois, Alain Locke, Budd, Robinson, Saito, Eaton and Levinson. Appropriate for both beginning and advanced students of philosophical aesthetics, this thoughtfully curated selection of essays initiates readers into the study of aesthetic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988701495525,"sku":"NP9781118948323","price":54.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118948323.jpg?v=1761781247","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/aesthetics-isbn-9781118948323","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}