Art's Claim to Truth
Following Heidegger's interpretation of the history of philosophy, Gianni Vattimo outlines the existential ontological conditions of aesthetics, paying particular attention to the works of Kandinsky, which reaffirm the ontological implications of art. Vattimo then builds on Hans-Georg Gadamer's theory of aesthetics and provides an alternative to a rationalistic-positivistic criticism of art. This is the heart of Vattimo's argument, and with it he demonstrates how hermeneutical philosophy reaffirms art's ontological status and makes clear the importance of hermeneutics for aesthetic studies. In a final section, Vattimo articulates the conseque…
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Weitere Autoren: Zabala, Santiago (Hrsg.) / D'Isanto, Luca (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-231-13851-2
- EAN: 9780231138512
- Produktnummer: 5638597
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.4 cm 358 g
- Gewicht: 358
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Gianni Vattimo teaches philosophy at the University of Turin and is a renowned public intellectual and member of the European parliament. His books with Columbia University Press are Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue (with René Girard), The Future of Religion (with Richard Rorty), Dialogue with Nietzsche, and Nihilism and Emancipation. His forthcoming book, coauthored with Santiago Zabala, is Hermeneutic Communism. Santiago Zabala is Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Remains of Being and The Hermeneutic Nature of Analytic Philosophy, and editor of Weakening Philosophy, The Future of Religion, and Nihilism and Emancipation. Luca D'Isanto is a translator, editor, and writer of numerous publications on the religious and political turn in postmodern thought.
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