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OverviewThis book examines the little understood end-of-art theses of Hegel, Nietzsche, and Danto. The end-of-art claim is often associated with the end of a certain standard of taste or skill. However, at a deeper level, it relates to a transformation in how we philosophically understand our relation to the ‘world’. Hegel, Nietzsche, and Danto each strive philosophically to overcome Cartesian dualism, redrawing the traditional lines between mind and matter. Hegel sees the overcoming of the material in the ideal, Nietzsche levels the two worlds into one, and Danto divides the world into representing and non-representing material. These attempts to overcome dualism necessitate notions of the self that differ significantly from traditional accounts; the redrawn boundaries show that art and philosophy grasp essential but different aspects of human existence. Neither perspective, however, fully grasps the duality. The appearance of art’s end occurs when one aspect is given priority: for Hegel and Danto, it is the essentialist lens of philosophy, and, in Nietzsche’s case, the transformative power of artistic creativity. Thus, the book makes the case that the end-of-art claim is avoided if a theory of art links the internal practice of artistic creation to all of art’s historical forms. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen SnyderPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2018 ISBN: 9783030405069ISBN 10: 3030405060 Pages: 301 Publication Date: 29 November 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter One: The End of Art Debate.- Chapter Two: Hegel: The End of Art as Truth Incarnate.- Chapter Three: The Transformative Power of Creativity in Nietzsche's Saving Illusion.- Chapter Four: Danto and the End of Art: Surrendering to Unintelligibility.- Chapter Five: Style of the Future.- Bibliography.- IndexReviewsThe book under review brings a valuable contribution to the discussion about the end of art, grasping it from an interesting point of view which provides the reader with an original insight into the end-of-art theories of three significant philosophers. (Sarka Lojdova, Estetika -The Central European Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 56 (2), 2019) Author InformationStephen Snyder is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey and a Fulbright Fellow at Tbilisi State University, Georgia. His research interests are in the philosophy of art and social and political philosophy. He is co-editor of New Perspectives on Distributive Justice (2018). Recent essays appear in Michael Walzer:Sphären der Gerechtigkeit. Ein kooperativer Kommentar (2006), Philosophy in the Contemporary World and Countertext. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |