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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas J. McKennaPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781498597654ISBN 10: 1498597653 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 15 December 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsA Note on the Cover Illustration Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Disputed Questions on Bonaventure’s Aesthetics 1. Bonaventure’s Debt to l’Esthétique Musicale 2. Bonaventure’s Debt to l’Esthétique de la Lumière 3. Bonaventure’s Account of the Aesthetic Experience 4. The Aesthetic Dimensions of the Itinerarium Mentis in Deum Conclusion BibliographyReviewsA must read for anyone interested in a deeper grasp of the Doctor's philosophical-theology. McKenna has made a major contribution to Bonaventure studies generally, and no doubt Bonaventure's Aesthetics will serve as the industry standard in the field for some time to come.-- Franciscan Studies In this, the first full-scale treatment of Bonaventure's aesthetics since Von Balthasar, Thomas McKenna deftly engages the full range of past assessments and with care and precision, establishes a re-reading of Bonaventure's entire corpus attentive to both propositional content and historical-textual inheritance. McKenna's arguments clarify the range of Bonaventure's unique contributions to medieval aesthetics, centering the fact that for Bonaventure, the soul's delight in the beauty and goodness of the cosmos is an 'aesthetic stimulus' to its rational analysis of creation's testimony that in turn prepares it for 'supra cognitive delight' of union with the Divine.--Wendy Boring, Willamette University In this, the first full-scale treatment of Bonaventure's aesthetics since Von Balthasar, Thomas McKenna deftly engages the full range of past assessments and with care and precision, establishes a re-reading of Bonaventure's entire corpus attentive to both propositional content and historical-textual inheritance. McKenna's arguments clarify the range of Bonaventure's unique contributions to medieval aesthetics, centering the fact that for Bonaventure, the soul's delight in the beauty and goodness of the cosmos is an 'aesthetic stimulus' to its rational analysis of creation's testimony that in turn prepares it for 'supra cognitive delight' of union with the Divine. --Wendy Boring, Willamette University Author InformationThomas J. McKenna is professor of history and philosophy at Concord University and an interdisciplinary scholar in history, philosophy, and the arts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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