The new aestheticism /
Introduces the idea of a new aestheticism - "new" in that it identifies a turn taken by contemporary thinkers towards the idea that focusing on the specifically aesthetic impact of a work of art or literature has the potential to open different ways of thinking about identity, politics and...
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Manchester, UK ; New York : New York :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
2003
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2003 |
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Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- The new aestheticism: an introduction
- John J. Joughin and Simon Malpas
- Part I Positions
- 1 Aesthetic education and the demise of experience Thomas Docherty
- 2 Art in time of war: towards a contemporary aesthetic Jonathan Dollimore
- 3 Mimesis in black and white: feminist aesthetics, negativity and semblance Ewa Plonowska Ziarek
- 4 What comes after art? Andrew Bowie
- 5 Touching art: aesthetics, fragmentation and community Simon Malpas
- Part II Readings
- 6 The Alexandrian aesthetic Howard Caygill
- 7 Defending poetry, or, is there an early modern aesthetic? Mark Robson
- 8 Shakespeare's genius: Hamlet, adaptation and the work of following John J. Joughin
- 9 Critical knowledge, scientific knowledge and the truth of literature Robert Eaglestone
- 10 Melancholy as form: towards an archaeology of modernism Jay Bernstein
- Part III Reflections
- 11 Kant and the ends of criticism Gary Banham
- 12 Including transformation: notes on the art of the contemporary Andrew Benjamin
- 13 Aesthetics and politics: between Adorno and Heidegger Joanna Hodge
- Index
- The new aestheticism: an introduction / John J. Joughin, Simon Malpas
- PART I. POSITIONS
- Aesthetic education and the demise of experience / Thomas Docherty
- Art in time of war: towards a contemporary aesthetic / Jonathan Dollimore
- Mimesis in black and white: feminist aesthetics, negativity and semblance / Ewa Plonowska Ziarek
- What comes after art? / Andrew Bowie
- Touching art: aesthetics, fragmentation and community / Simon Malpas
- PART II. READINGS
- The Alexandrian aesthetic / Howard Caygill
- Defending poetry, or, is there an early modern aesthetic? / Mark Robson
- Shakespeare's genius: Hamlet, adaptation and the work of following / John J. Joughin
- Critical knowledge, scientific knowledge and the truth of literature / Robert Eaglestone
- Melancholy as form: towards an archaeology of modernism / Jay Bernstein
- PART III. REFLECTIONS
- Kant and the ends of criticism / Gary Banham
- Including transformation: notes on the art of the contemporary / Andrew Benjamin
- Aesthetics and politics: between Adorno and Heidegger / Joanna Hodge