Iconoclasm in Aesthetics

Although philosophers have characteristically taken the view that art is a vehicle of some universal meaning or truth, art historians emphasize the concrete, historical location of the individual work of art. Is aesthetics capable of sustaining these two approaches? Or, as Michael Kelly argues: Is art actually determined by its historical particularity? His book covers the views of four philosophers--Heidegger, Adorno, Derrida, and Danto--ultimately iconoclasts, despite their significant philosophical engagement with the arts.

Author: Michael Kelly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/09/2003
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521822091

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2004 pg. 1677

About the Author
Kelly, Michael: - Michael Kelly is Executive Director of the American Philosophical Association.