Hamilton | Art and Entertainment | Buch | 978-1-138-59992-5 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

Hamilton

Art and Entertainment

A Philosophical Exploration
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-138-59992-5
Verlag: Routledge

A Philosophical Exploration

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

ISBN: 978-1-138-59992-5
Verlag: Routledge


Philosophers have discussed art – or artistic practices such as poetry – since ancient times. But systems of art and entertainment appeared only in the modern era – in the West, during the 18th and 19th centuries. And philosophers have largely neglected the concept of entertainment. In this book Andy Hamilton explores art and entertainment from a philosophical standpoint. He argues, against modernist theory, that art and entertainment are not opposites, but form a loosely connected conceptual system. Against postmodernism, however, he insists on their vital differences.

Hamilton begins by questioning the received modernist view, examining artist-entertainers including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Entertainment, he argues, is by nature audience-centred – but so is art, in a different way. Thus while art should pass the test of time, entertainment must pass the test of its own time – it has to entertain at the time it is produced. Art and entertainment are inter-dependent concepts, and must be understood together with other aesthetic concepts including criticism, genius, canons and design. These concepts form the subject of later chapters of this book, where Hamilton develops a meritocratic position that is neither elitist nor populist. He also addresses the contemporary charge of cultural appropriation, and qualifies it.

An innovative feature of the book is the inclusion of dialogues with artists, critics and academics that help to recast or reformulate the debate. Art and Entertainment: A Philosophical Exploration is essential reading for those working in art and aesthetics, and will also be of interest to those in related disciplines such as cultural studies, music and film studies, with an interest in entertainment.

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Zielgruppe


Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core


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Weitere Infos & Material


Introduction  1. The aesthetics of entertainment  Interview with Louise Gibbs  2. A Kristeller thesis for entertainment  3. Defining art: art for art's sake and political art  Interview with Mark Carroll   Interview with Mandhira de Saram   Interview with James Young  4. Taste and criticism  5. Genius: defending a Kantian account against Romantic hyperbole and Nietzschean scepticism  6. Canons and the test of time and place  Intervew with James Parakilas   Interview with Molly Barnes  7. Aesthetics of product design  8. Cultural appropriation and artistic freedom.  Bibliography  Index


Andy Hamilton teaches at Durham University, UK. He has published books and articles on aesthetics, Wittgenstein and philosophy of mind. He is the biographer of Lee Konitz, and writes for The Wire and other magazines on jazz and contemporary composition. He is a jazz pianist.



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