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9780742513914

Aesthetics Across the Color Line Why Nietzsche (Sometimes) Can't Sing the Blues

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742513914

  • ISBN10:

    0742513912

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-09-24
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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List Price: $45.00

Summary

James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

James Winchester is assistant professor of philosophy at Georgia College and State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: Understanding the Art of Othersp. 1
Understanding Aesthetic Judgments across Cultural Bordersp. 17
Why Nietzsche (Sometimes) Can't Sing the Blues; or, Davis, Nietzsche, and the Social Embeddedness of Aesthetic Judgmentsp. 45
Misunderstanding Aesthetic Judgments across Cultural Dividesp. 73
Adorno, Jazz, and the Limits of Apprenticeshipp. 99
Art and the Politics of Representation in the South Bronxp. 121
Indexp. 141
About the Authorp. 145
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