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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ellen DissanayakePublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780295974798ISBN 10: 0295974796 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 01 October 1995 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , General 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 Contents"Preface to the 1995 Edition Preface to the Original Edition Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Why Species-Centrism? 2. Biology and Art: The Implications of Feeling Good 3. The Core of Art: Making Special 4. Dromena, or ""Things Done"": Reconciling Culture and Nature 5. The Arts as Means of Enhancement 6. ""Empathy Theory"" Reconsidered: The Psychobiology of Aesthetic Responses 7. Does Writing Erase Art? Notes References Index of Names Index of Subjects Credits"ReviewsDissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic faculty is a basic psychological component of every human being. In her view, art is intimately linked to the origins of religious practices and to ceremonies of birth, death, transition, and transcendence. Drawing on her years in Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Papua New Guinea, she gives examples of painting, song, dance, and drama as behaviors that enable participants to grasp and reinforce what is important to their cognitive world. -Publishers Weekly A wide-ranging essay on the place of art in human evolution and in the future, at once learned and spirited. -Howard Gardner, Harvard University Ellen Dissanayake's book is the most forceful rejoinder I've read so far to the trivializing pessimism of postmodernist art theory. -Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Affirm[s] the idea that art is for life's sake, for the fulfillment of fundamental human needs, and for human survival... She gives us a coherent rationale for funding broadly based arts programs. Art Therapy Homo Aestheticus offers a wealth of original and critical thinking. It will inform and irritate specialist, student, and lay reader alike. -American Anthropologist Homo Aestheticus calls for a counterrevolution in our thinking about art. It is timely, provocative, and immensely valuable. -Philosophy and Literature Dissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic faculty is a basic psychological component of every human being. In her view, art is intimately linked to the origins of religious practices and to ceremonies of birth, death, transition, and transcendence. Drawing on her years in Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Papua New Guinea, she gives examples of painting, song, dance, and drama as behaviors that enable participants to grasp and reinforce what is important to their cognitive world. -Publishers Weekly A wide-ranging essay on the place of art in human evolution and in the future, at once learned and spirited. -Howard Gardner, Harvard University Ellen Dissanayake's book is the most forceful rejoinder I've read so far to the trivializing pessimism of postmodernist art theory. -Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Affirm[s] the idea that art is for life's sake, for the fulfillment of fundamental human needs, and for human survival... She gives us a coherent rationale for funding broadly based arts programs. -Art Therapy Homo Aestheticus offers a wealth of original and critical thinking. It will inform and irritate specialist, student, and lay reader alike. -American Anthropologist Homo Aestheticus calls for a counterrevolution in our thinking about art. It is timely, provocative, and immensely valuable. -Philosophy and Literature """Dissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic faculty is a basic psychological component of every human being. In her view, art is intimately linked to the origins of religious practices and to ceremonies of birth, death, transition, and transcendence. Drawing on her years in Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Papua New Guinea, she gives examples of painting, song, dance, and drama as behaviors that enable participants to grasp and reinforce what is important to their cognitive world."" -Publishers Weekly ""A wide-ranging essay on the place of art in human evolution and in the future, at once learned and spirited.""-Howard Gardner, Harvard University ""Ellen Dissanayake's book is the most forceful rejoinder I've read so far to the trivializing pessimism of postmodernist art theory.""-Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle ""Affirm[s] the idea that art is for life's sake, for the fulfillment of fundamental human needs, and for human survival... She gives us a coherent rationale for funding broadly based arts programs."" Art Therapy ""Homo Aestheticus offers a wealth of original and critical thinking. It will inform and irritate specialist, student, and lay reader alike.""-American Anthropologist ""Homo Aestheticus calls for a counterrevolution in our thinking about art. It is timely, provocative, and immensely valuable.""-Philosophy and Literature" Dissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic faculty is a basic psychological component of every human being. In her view, art is intimately linked to the origins of religious practices and to ceremonies of birth, death, transition, and transcendence. Drawing on her years in Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Papua New Guinea, she gives examples of painting, song, dance, and drama as behaviors that enable participants to grasp and reinforce what is important to their cognitive world. Publishers Weekly Ellen Dissanayakes book is the most forceful rejoinder Ive read so far to the trivializing pessimism of postmodernist art theory. -- Kenneth Baker San Francisco Chronicle Affirm[s] the idea that art is for lifes sake, for the fulfillment of fundamental human needs, and for human survival... She gives us a coherent rationale for funding broadly based arts programs. Art Therapy Homo Aestheticus offers a wealth of original and critical thinking. It will inform and irritate specialist, student, and lay reader alike. American Anthropologist Homo Aestheticus calls for a counterrevolution in our thinking about art. It is timely, provocative, and immensely valuable. Philosophy and Literature Author InformationEllen Dissanayake is an independent scholar, author, and lecturer. She is the author of What Is Art For? (University of Washington Press, 1988), Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why (Free Press and University of Washington Press (1992), and Art and Intimacy (University of Washington Press, 2000). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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