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Introducing Aesthetics
David E.W. Fenner
Book Code: C7907
ISBN: 0-275-97907-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97907-2
184 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 9/30/2003
List Price: $79.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • David E. W. Fenner's Introducing Aesthetics offers a comprehensive introduction to the major traditions of Western aesthetics....Because of the clarity of its presentation and the quality of its scholarship, this book would serve well as a text for either introductory or upper-division undergraduate philosophy classes.
    —Philosophy East & West     July 2006
Description: This concise yet comprehensive introduction to the discipline of western aesthetical philosophy is focused directly on the central questions of aesthetics. Fenner arranges his analysis around four general themes--"Experiences," "Objects and Events," "Meaning," and "Judgment"--that progress from issues of everyday experience to subjects of greater subtlety. Within these broader themes, Fenner explores such issues as "The Aesthetic Attitude," "Defining Art," and "Reviewing Art Criticism." Although a historical organization is employed wherever a particular movement unfolds from earlier movements, the text's main organization is not motivated by an academic or historical treatment of the various topics. Instead, the topics themselves are of primary concern, in such a way that readers will come away with a complete overview of the canon of this highly significant area of western philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Experiences
  • The Aesthetic Experience
  • The Aesthetic Attitude
  • Objects and Events
  • The Aesthetic Object
  • Defining "Art"
  • Creations and Re-creations
  • Meaning
  • Interpreting Art
  • Censoring Art
  • Judgment
  • Defining "Beauty"
  • Reviewing Art and Art Criticism
  • Appendix: An Outline of the History of Western Aesthetics
LCC Class: BH39
Dewey Class: 111
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