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Author:   Nicholas Wolterstorff (Yale University / University of Virginia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780198801344

ISBN 10:   0198801343
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   26 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: The Grand Narrative of Art in the Modern World 1: The Early Modern Revolution in the Arts 2: Why the Revolution? 3: The Grand Narrative and the Grand Narrative Theses 4: Wherein Lies the Worth of Disinterested Attention? 5: Art, Religion, and the Grand Narrative Part Two: Why The Grand Narrative Has To Go 6: The Inapplicability of the Grand Narrative to Recent Art 7: Why the Grand Narrative Never Was Tenable Part Three: A New Framework For Thinking About The Arts 8: The Arts as Social Practices 9: Meaning of Works of the Arts and Artworks Part Four: Memorial Art 10: The Social Practices of Memorial Art 11: The Memorial Meaning of the Mural Art of Belfast Part Five: Art For Veneration 12: The Social Practices of Art for Veneration Part Six: Social Protest Art 13: The Social Practices of Social Protest Art 14: The Social Protest Meaning of Uncle Tom's Cabin 15: The Social Protest Meaning of the Graphic Art of Käthe Kollwitz Part Seven: Art That Enhances 16: Work Songs: Social Practice and Meaning Part Eight: The Art-Reflexive Art of Today's Art World 17: The Social Practices of Art-Reflexive Art 18: Art-Reflexive Meaning in the Work of Sherrie Levine Epilogue: Good Works and Just Practices 19: What Happened to Beauty? 20: The Pursuit of Justice and the Social Practices of Art

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Readers from many backgrounds will find much of interest in this book, for the close relationship of issues in aesthetics to other philosophical debates is frequently noted and pursued. Wolterstorff's theory is appealing, as is his depth and breadth of learning. His examples are far-ranging and refreshing, and it is to be hoped that his attention to these neglected subjects will spur others also to take them seriously. -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online Recommended. --CHIOCE

Author Information

Nicholas Wolterstorff is Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He is the author of many books, including Understanding Liberal Democracy (OUP, 2012) and Works and Worlds of Art (Clarendon Press, 1980).

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