The Arts and the Definition of the Human
Toward a Philosophical Anthropology
The Arts and the Definition of the Human introduces a novel theory that our selves-our thoughts, perceptions, creativity, and other qualities that make us human-are determined by our place in history, and more particularly by our culture and language. Margolis rejects the idea that any concepts or truths remain fixed and objective through the flow of history and reveals that this theory of the human being (or philosophical anthropology) as culturally determined and changing is necessary to make sense of art. He shows that a painting, sculpture, or poem cannot have a single correct interpretation because our creation and perception of art will…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8047-6986-0
- EAN: 9780804769860
- Produktnummer: 23012500
- Verlag: Stanford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 508 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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Joseph Margolis
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