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Beschreibung
This original new book argues for a reassessment of Plato's challenge to the arts. Plato was the first great figure in Western philosophy to assess the value of the arts; he argued in the Republic that traditionally accepted forms of poetry, drama, and music are unsound. While this view has been widely rejected, Janaway argues that Plato's hostile case is a more coherent and profound challenge to the arts than has sometimes been supposed. Denying that Plato advocates "good art" in any modern sense, Janaway seeks both to understand Plato's critique in the context of his own philosophy and to locate him in today's philosophy of art, showing how issues in aesthetics arise from responses to his charges.
This original new book argues for a reassessment of Plato's challenge to the arts. Plato was the first great figure in Western philosophy to assess the value of the arts; he argued in the Republic that traditionally accepted forms of poetry, drama, and music are unsound. While this view has been widely rejected, Janaway argues that Plato's hostile case is a more coherent and profound challenge to the arts than has sometimes been supposed. Denying that Plato advocates "good art" in any modern sense, Janaway seeks both to understand Plato's critique in the context of his own philosophy and to locate him in today's philosophy of art, showing how issues in aesthetics arise from responses to his charges.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: Rhapsody

  • 2: Arts, Crafts, and the Production of Pleasure

  • 3: The Fine and the Beautiful

  • 4: The Formation of Character

  • 5: Mimesis

  • 6: Against Mimetic Poetry

  • 7: Myth, Madness, Pleasure, and Play

  • 8: Plato and the Philosophy of Art

  • Bibliography

  • Glossary

  • Indexes

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Renaissance und Aufklärung
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198237921
ISBN-10: 0198237928
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Janaway, Christopher
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher Janaway
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.02.1998
Gewicht: 0,344 kg
Artikel-ID: 108641322