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Introducing Aesthetics
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David E. W. Fenner
ISBN: 0-275-97908-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97908-9
184 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 9/30/2003
List Price: $38.95 (UK Sterling Price: £26.95)
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Media Type: Paperback
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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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. These themes 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, and 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
About the Author: DAVID E. W. FENNER teaches philosophy at the University of North Florida. He is the author of The Aesthetic Attitude and the editor of Ethics and the Arts and Ethics in Education.
LCC Class: 111
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