Force A Fundamental Concept of Aesthetic Anthropology |
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| Author:
| Menke, Christoph |
| Translator:
| Jackson, Gerrit |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-4973-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Force is the attempt of reading modern aesthetics as a theory of "force." It does so by showing that modern philosophy begins twice in aesthetics - in two different, even opposite forms: as an aesthetic of the subject and its "faculties" and as an experience and theory of force, which conceives the aesthetic as a play of imagination. Force defines the aesthetic nature of the human, as distinct from the culture of socially acquired practices. "Force" is the concept of a difference - the...
More DescriptionForce is the attempt of reading modern aesthetics as a theory of "force." It does so by showing that modern philosophy begins twice in aesthetics - in two different, even opposite forms: as an aesthetic of the subject and its "faculties" and as an experience and theory of force, which conceives the aesthetic as a play of imagination. Force defines the aesthetic nature of the human, as distinct from the culture of socially acquired practices. "Force" is the concept of a difference - the difference between nature and culture, humanity and subjectivity, play and practice - that makes freedom possible. "The last word of aesthetics is human freedom."