Homo Aestheticus: The Invention of Taste in the Democratic Age

Ferry, Luc; de Loaiza, Robert [Translator]

ISBN 10: 0226244598 / ISBN 13: 9780226244594

Edité par University of Chicago Press, 1994

1st printing of 1st edition in English. Very good+ hardcover with very good DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Interior appears free of markings. Book is pretty much near fine. Unclipped DJ looks great. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. N° de réf. du vendeur 300215

Synopsis :

Can subjective, individual taste be reconciled with an objective, universal standard? Luc Ferry argues that this problem of aesthetic theory is fundamentally related to the political problem of democratic individualism. Ferry begins in the mid 1600s with the simultaneous invention of the notions of taste (the essence of art as subjective pleasure) and modern democracy (the idea of the State as a consensus among individuals). He explores the differences between subjectivity and individuality by examining aesthetic theory as developed first by Kant's predecessors and then by Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and proponents of the avant-garde. Ferry discerns two "moments" of the avant-garde aesthetic: the hyperindividualistic iconoclasm of creating something new, and the hyperrealistic striving to achieve an extraordinary truth. The tension between these preserves an essential element of the Enlightenment concern for reconciling the subjective and the objective - a problem at once aesthetic, ethical, and political. Rejecting "postmodern" proposals for either a radical break with or return to tradition, Ferry embraces a postmodernism that recasts enlightenment notions of value as a new intersubjectivity. His original analysis of the growth and decline of the modern avant-garde movement illuminates the connections between aesthetics, ethics, and political theory.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Homo Aestheticus: The Invention of Taste in ...
Éditeur : University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition : 1994
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good+
Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+ Dust Jacket
Edition : First Edition.