Classics in Western Philosophy of Art

Major Themes and Arguments

Prof. Nol Carroll

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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
01 December 2022

Philosophy; Philosophy: aesthetics

"In this synthetic introduction to the history of the philosophy of art, Nol Carroll elucidates and analyzes selected writings on art by Plato, Aristotle, Hutcheson, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Tolstoy, and Bell.

Carroll's narrative tracks developments between major positions in philosophy of art, ranging from the idea that art is unavoidably embedded in society to the evolution of the notion that art is autonomous (""art for art's sake""), thereby setting the stage for continuing debates in the philosophy of art.

Presupposing no prior background, and useful on its own or accompanying the reading of primary works, Classics in Western Philosophy of Art is ideal as a text for introductory undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy of art and aesthetics, or for anyone interested in learning about the origin of some of our most fundamental conceptions of art in the Western tradition."

By: Prof. Nol Carroll
Imprint: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 152mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781647920609
ISBN 10: 1647920604
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nol Carroll is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Reviews for Classics in Western Philosophy of Art: Major Themes and Arguments

"""Indispensable turn-by-turn directions for those navigating the ideas of nine philosophers who set the stage for thinking about art and society. Clear and comprehensive, Noël Carroll is the perfect guide to the history of aesthetics."" Dominic McIver Lopes, University of British Columbia ""Carroll's Classics in Western Philosophy of Art is a masterful series of commentaries on nine classical writings on art by philosophers in the Western traditionlearned and penetrating in exegesis, equally penetrating in critique. It's not just one philosopher after another. Carroll takes note of what later writers say, explicitly or implicitly, about earlier writers, and imagines what those earlier writers might have said in response. He is host to a conversation. How I wish these commentaries had been available when I was still teaching philosophy of art! I would have been spared my own exegetical labors over these often-difficult texts, and my teaching would have been immeasurably improved."" Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University"