Beyond Aesthetics: Philosophical Essays

by: Noël Carroll (Author)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (30 April 2001)

Language: English

Print length: 468 pages

ISBN-10: 0521781345

ISBN-13: 9780521781343

Book Description

Beyond Aesthetics brings together philosophical essays addressing art and related issues by one of the foremost philosophers of art at work today. Countering conventional aesthetic theories – those maintaining that authorial intention, art history, morality and emotional responses are irrelevant to the experience of art – Noël Carroll argues for a more pluralistic and commonsensical view in which all of these factors can play a legitimate role in our encounter with art works. Throughout, the book combines philosophical theorizing with illustrative examples including works of high culture and the avant-garde, as well as works of popular culture, jokes, horror novels, and suspense films.