The Oxford Handbook Of Aesthetics

by Levinson, Jerrold

• ISBN13: 9780199279456
• ISBN10: 0199279454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Aestheticsbrings the authority, liveliness, and multi-disciplinary scope of the Handbook series to a fascinating theme in philosophy and the arts. Jerrold Levinson has assembled a hugely impressive range of talent to contribute 48 brand-new essays, making this the most comprehensive guide available to the theory, application, history, and future of the field. ThisHandbookwill be invaluable to academics and students across philosophy and all branches of the arts, both as the reference work of choice and as a stimulus to new research and creativity.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	xiii
PART I BACKGROUND
1. Philosophical Aesthetics: An Overview	3	(22)
JERROLD LEVINSON
2. History of Modern Aesthetics	25	(38)
PAUL GUYER
PART II GENERAL ISSUES IN AESTHETICS
3. Aesthetic Realism 1	63	(17)
NICK ZANGWILL
4. Aesthetic Realism 2	80	(19)
JOHN W. BENDER
5. Aesthetic Experience	99	(18)
GARY ISEMINGER
6. Aesthetics of Nature	117	(19)
MALCOLM BUDD
7. Definition of Art	136	(19)
ROBERT STECKER
8. Ontology of Art	155	(26)
STEPHEN DAVIES
9. Medium in Art	181	(11)
DAVID DAVIES
10. Representation in Art	192	(19)
ALAN H. GOLDMAN
11. Expression in Art	211	(17)
AARON RIDLEY
12. Style in Art	228	(17)
STEPHANIE ROSS
13. Creativity in Art	245	(13)
PHILIP ALPERSON
14. Authenticity in Art	258	(17)
DENIS DUTTON
15. Intention in Art	275	(16)
PAISLEY LIVINGSTON
16. Interpretation in Art	291	(16)
GREGORY CURRIE
17. Value in Art	307	(18)
ROBERT STECKER
18. Beauty	325	(19)
NICK ZANGWILL
19. Humour	344	(22)
NOËL CARROLL
20. Metaphor	366	(11)
TED COHEN
21. Fiction	377	(15)
PETER LAMARQUE
22. Narrative	392	(16)
GEORGE M. WILSON
23. Tragedy	408	(13)
AARON RIDLEY
24. Art and Emotion	421	(15)
ALEX NEILL
25. Art and Knowledge	436	(15)
BERYS GAUT
26. Art and Morality	451	(20)
MATTHEW KIERAN
27. Art and Politics	471	(18)
LYDIA GOEHR
PART III AESTHETIC ISSUES OF SPECIFIC ARTFORMS
28. Music	489	(27)
STEPHEN DAVIES
29. Painting	516	(20)
SUSAN FEAGIN
30. Literature	536	(19)
PAISLEY LIVINGSTON
31. Architecture	555	(17)
GORDON GRAHAM
32. Sculpture	572	(11)
ROBERT HOPKINS
33. Dance	583	(11)
NOËL CARROLL
34. Theatre	594	(11)
PAUL WOODRUFF
35. Poetry	605	(9)
ALEX NEILL
36. Photography	614	(13)
NIGEL WARBURTON
37. Film	627	(20)
BERYS GAUT
PART IV FURTHER DIRECTIONS IN AESTHETICS
38. Feminist Aesthetics	647	(20)
MARY DEVEREAUX
39. Environmental Aesthetics	667	(12)
JOHN A. FISHER
40. Comparative Aesthetics	679	(14)
KATHLEEN HIGGINS
41. Aesthetics and Evolutionary Psychology	693	(13)
DENIS DUTTON
42. Aesthetics and Cognitive Science	706	(16)
GREGORY CURRIE
43. Aesthetics and Ethics	722	(11)
RICHARD ELDRIDGE
44. Aesthetics of Popular Art	733	(15)
DAVID NOVITZ
45. Aesthetics of the Avant-Garde	748	(13)
GREGG HOROWITZ
46. Aesthetics of the Everyday	761	(10)
CRISPIN SARTWELL
47. Aesthetics and Postmodernism	771	(12)
RICHARD SHUSTERMAN
48. Aesthetics and Cultural Studies	783	(13)
DEBORAH KNIGHT
Index	796