- Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (24 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415200547
- ISBN-13: 978-0415200547
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17.4 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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'A substantial anthology ... [the] introductions are written in an accessible manner and contain helpful biographical and contextual informationthere is no doubt that first year students will find this volume worth acquiring. The book also deserves to be added to the reference sections of art and philosophy libraries.' - John A Walker, The Art Book
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The Continental Aesthetics Reader is the first comprehensive anthology of classic writings on art and aesthetics from the major figures in Continental thought. The reader is clearly divided into six sections: Nineteenth Century German Aesthetics * Phenomenology and Hermeneutics * Marxism and Critical Theory * Modernism * Poststucturalism and Postmodernism * Psychoanalysis and Feminism. Each section is clearly placed in its historical and philosophical context by Clive Cazeaux.
The readings featured are the most widely read and representative writings of each movement and are from the following major thinkers:
Kant Sartre Benjamin Lyotard
Hegel Levinas Blanchot Deleuze
Nietzsche Marx Bloch Freud
Heidegger Lukacs Bataille Lacan
Dufrenne Adorno Foucault Kristeva
Bachelard Marcuse Barthes Irigaray
Merleau-Ponty Habermas Derrida Cixous
Gadamer Jameson de Man
Vattimo Simmel Baudrillard
Ideal for introductory courses in aesthetics, continental philosophy, art and visual studies, The Continental Aesthetics Reader provides a thorough introduction to some of the most influential writings on art and aesthetics from Kant to Derrida.
The readings featured are the most widely read and representative writings of each movement and are from the following major thinkers:
Kant Sartre Benjamin Lyotard
Hegel Levinas Blanchot Deleuze
Nietzsche Marx Bloch Freud
Heidegger Lukacs Bataille Lacan
Dufrenne Adorno Foucault Kristeva
Bachelard Marcuse Barthes Irigaray
Merleau-Ponty Habermas Derrida Cixous
Gadamer Jameson de Man
Vattimo Simmel Baudrillard
Ideal for introductory courses in aesthetics, continental philosophy, art and visual studies, The Continental Aesthetics Reader provides a thorough introduction to some of the most influential writings on art and aesthetics from Kant to Derrida.
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Well-chosen essays with clear and intelligent introductions. I've adopted it as an essential purchase for my students.
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Very helpful introduction
13 April 2012
Format:Paperback
Note: I'm actually reviewing the first edition.
I found this anthology to be an excellent overview of the major figures in continental aesthetics. What makes it particularly helpful to newcomers are the introductions to the various sections. There is a main introduction, a kind of overview, but there are also introductions to each section. Rather than just introduce the philosophers, they actually provide quite realized overviews of each individual's thinking in a way that ties him to the larger school of thought. The introductions on modernism/structuralism and post-modernism/post-structuralism were particularly useful.
The essays themselves trace an effective lineage. This is heady stuff, and often impenetrable (Kant, Hegel and Derrida were particularly maddening for me) but it is what it advertises itself to be. And, as mentioned, the introductions help smooth the path along the way.
Compare this with "Continental Aesthetics: Romanticism to Post-modernism" and decide for yourself. I have not read this, but there is, naturally, some overlap in selected essays. Still, just looking at the TOC, I would recommend "The Continental Aesthetics Reader" for its longer introductions, better delineation of categories, and more sensible progression from essay to essay.
I found this anthology to be an excellent overview of the major figures in continental aesthetics. What makes it particularly helpful to newcomers are the introductions to the various sections. There is a main introduction, a kind of overview, but there are also introductions to each section. Rather than just introduce the philosophers, they actually provide quite realized overviews of each individual's thinking in a way that ties him to the larger school of thought. The introductions on modernism/structuralism and post-modernism/post-structuralism were particularly useful.
The essays themselves trace an effective lineage. This is heady stuff, and often impenetrable (Kant, Hegel and Derrida were particularly maddening for me) but it is what it advertises itself to be. And, as mentioned, the introductions help smooth the path along the way.
Compare this with "Continental Aesthetics: Romanticism to Post-modernism" and decide for yourself. I have not read this, but there is, naturally, some overlap in selected essays. Still, just looking at the TOC, I would recommend "The Continental Aesthetics Reader" for its longer introductions, better delineation of categories, and more sensible progression from essay to essay.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
an interesting reader with translation issues
25 April 2011
Format:Hardcover
I have not read many of the articles yet, so perhaps my complaint is limited to those I have, but I feel I have to warn readers about this edition. At least some of the translation are extremely bad. Of course, this being an anthology, the translator is different for every article, but the texts by Kant, Hegel and Derrida require you to have the original text at hand, to be certain you understand what is being said. My English may not be perfect, but neither is the English in these texts. The translations at times read like they've been passed through Google-translate, to be honest. Considering the fact that all three authors I mentioned are not exactly known for their way with words (it takes effort to figure out what they mean when reading the original texts), a literal translation, while obviously an attempt to stay close to the original, is a very delicate matter. It always is, in translation philosophical texts.
A new edition of the Continental Aesthetics Reader will be published this summer (2011), and I hope this means we will see new translations. But just to be safe, see if you can get a preview of the texts I mentioned, before you buy this book.
A new edition of the Continental Aesthetics Reader will be published this summer (2011), and I hope this means we will see new translations. But just to be safe, see if you can get a preview of the texts I mentioned, before you buy this book.
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