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9780802044266

The Future of Aesthetics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780802044266

  • ISBN10:

    0802044263

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-12-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

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Summary

Widely admired as one of Canada's leading philosophers, Francis Sparshott is a major figure in postwar philosophical aesthetics. In this book he presents an annotated version of the text of the four 1996 Ryle Lectures that he gave at Trent University. Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of such a discipline in the broad social structures provided by universities and civilizations, and tackles many perennially interesting questions about education and the life of the mind. Written with wit and charm, the lectures journey through a vast terrain of references, yet wear their learning lightly. Sparshott's engaging style and humane vision will, as always, attract a wide and diverse readership.

Author Biography

FRANCIS SPARSHOTT is University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introductory Note xi
Aesthetics and the Future of Philosophy
3(14)
The Power of Beauty
8(9)
Philosophy and the Future of the University
17(26)
The Map of Knowledge
27(16)
The University and the Future of Civilization
43(25)
The Logic of Criticism
60(8)
Civilization and the Future of Aesthetics
68(23)
Afterword 91(8)
Notes 99

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