Aesthetics and modernity : essays / by Agnes Heller ; edited by John Rundell.

Author/creator Heller, Ágnes
Other author Rundell, John F.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2011.
Descriptionviii, 233 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Agnes Heller -- What went wrong with the concept of the beautiful? -- Autonomy of art or the dignity of the artwork -- The role of emotions in the reception of artworks -- Joke culture and transformations of the public sphere -- The contemporary historical novel -- The metaphysics of embodiment in the western tradition -- European master-narratives about freedom -- The three logics of modernity and the double bind of the modern imagination -- The absolute stranger: shakespeare and the drama of failed assimilation -- The gods of Greece -- Self representation and the representation of the other -- Where are we at home?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010037457
ISBN9780739141311 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0739141317 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780739141328 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0739141325 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BH39 .H445 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold