AESTHETICS, IMAGINATION AND THE UNITY OF EXPERIENCE by R.K. Elliott, Paul A. Crowther ( 9780754604334 )

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AESTHETICS, IMAGINATION AND THE UNITY OF EXPERIENCE

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R.K. Elliott, Paul A. Crowther

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0754604330

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9780754604334

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Pub. date:

17 March, 2006

Pages:

216

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Throughout his writing the author combines analytic rigour with sympathy for ideas in continental philosophy. He offers an in-depth analysis of Kant's "Critique of Judgement", Clive Bell's aesthetic theory, and the relevance of Wittgenstein for aesthetics. This book gathers together his important essays on aesthetics.

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This is the first book to gather together R. K. Elliott's important essays on aesthetics. These essays put forward a number of common themes that together constitute a unified approach to aesthetics. A theory of imagination is developed and ideas concerning the practice of art criticism are explored before the relevance of aesthetics for ethics is discussed. Throughout his writing Elliott combines analytic rigour with sympathy for ideas in continental philosophy. He values subjectivity but his analytic stance prevents this from falling into mere personal opinion; he is also able to show how art and aesthetic theory is of complex relevance to broader areas of experience such as education, freedom, and moral action. In the course of his discussion Elliott offers an in-depth analysis of Kant's Critique of Judgement, Clive Bell's aesthetic theory, and the relevance of Wittgenstein for aesthetics. Study of Elliott's essays presented in this book powerfully illuminates the unifying role of imagination and the aesthetic in human experience.

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