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OverviewIn this highly original interdisciplinary study incorporating close readings of literary texts and philosophical argumentation, Henry W. Pickford develops a theory of meaning and expression in art intended to counter the meaning skepticism most commonly associated with the theories of Jacques Derrida. Pickford arrives at his theory by drawing on the writings of Wittgenstein to develop and modify the insights of Tolstoy’s philosophy of art. Pickford shows how Tolstoy’s encounter with Schopenhauer’s thought on the one hand provided support for his ethical views but on the other hand presented a problem, exemplified in the case of music, for his aesthetic theory, a problem that Tolstoy could not successfully resolve. Wittgenstein’s critical appreciation of Tolstoy’s thinking, however, not only recovers its viability but also constructs a formidable position within contemporary debates concerning theories of emotion, ethics, and aesthetic expression. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Henry PickfordPublisher: Northwestern University Press Imprint: Northwestern University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.473kg ISBN: 9780810131705ISBN 10: 0810131706 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 30 November 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsTrained philosophers will whizz through this book. Its exposition is so meticulous, its scholarship so deep and gracious, its terms so lucidly laid out, that such disagreements as do arise can be resolved within the logical grid of its own argument. - Caryl Emerson, The Times Literary Supplement. "Trained philosophers will whizz through this book. Its exposition is so meticulous, its scholarship so deep and gracious, its terms so lucidly laid out, that such disagreements as do arise can be resolved within the logical grid of its own argument."" - Caryl Emerson, The Times Literary Supplement." Author InformationHenry W. Pickford is an assistant professor in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Colorado–Boulder, USA. Previously, he edited and translated Theodor W. Adorno’s Critical Models: Catchwords and Interventions. He is also the author of The Sense of Semblance: Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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