Plato on art and beauty

Plato on art and beauty

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This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in 'The Republic', but in the 'Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws' and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions. ALISON DENHAM's research has addressed a range of topics in the theory of value (both ethics and aesthetics). She is the author of an interdisciplinary study of literary art and ethics, 'Metaphor and Moral Experience'(2000).Denhamwas until 2007 Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy at St Anne's College, where she occupied the post formerly held by Iris Murdoch. She has held research fellowships twice over at the Centre Nationale Recherche Scientifique in Paris, and has taught in Bucharest, China, France, the UK and the US. Denham now lectures divides her time between Oxford and Tulane University in New Orleans, where she is jointly appointed to the Departments of Philosophy and Political Economy. INDICE: Preface - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Abbreviations - Editor's Introduction - PART I: WHY CENSOR THE ARTISTS? UNDERSTANDING PLATO'S QUARREL - From 'The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists'; 'I.Murdoch - 'Plato and the Mass Media; 'A.Nehamas - 'Art and Mimesis in Plato's 'Republic'; 'M.F.Burnyeat - 'PART II: ART AND BEAUTY: BEFORE AND BEYOND 'REPUBLIC X - 'Plato's Early Aesthetics: The 'Hippias Major'; 'D.Sider - 'A Divinity Moving You: Inspiration and Knowledge in the 'Ion'; 'D.Barchana-Lorand - 'The Philosopher's Antidote; 'G.R.F.Ferrari - 'Plato on Tragic and Comic Pleasures; 'P.Destrée - 'Plato on Begetting in Beauty; 'C.D.C.Reeve - 'Beyond the Mirror of Nature: Plato's Ethics of Visual Form; 'S.Halliwell - 'Art and EthicalPerspective: Notes on the 'Kalon' in Plato's 'Laws';' J.Moss - 'Index -

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-31440-5
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 304
  • Fecha Publicación: 03/02/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés