The life and death of images : ethics and aesthetics / edited by Diarmuid Costello and Dominic Willsdon.

The 1990s witnessed a return to aesthetics, but one that stressed the independent claims of beauty in reaction to its perceived suppression by ethical and political imperatives. Beauty, however, is just one aspect of the aesthetic. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the ways in w...

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Other Authors: Costello, Diarmuid (Editor), Willsdon, Dominic (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series:Cornell paperbacks.
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Table of Contents:
  • In praise of pure violence (Matisse's war) / JM Bernstein ; Response to JM Bernstein / Judith Butler
  • Beyond seduction and morality : Benjamin's early aesthetics / Judith Butler ; Response to Judith Butler / JM Bernstein
  • Art and alienation / Noël Carroll ; Response to Noël Carroll / Adrian Piper
  • Political art and the paradigm of innovation / Adrian Piper ; Response to Adrian Piper / Noël Carroll
  • Do artists speak on behalf of all of us? / Thierry de Duve ; Response to Thierry de Duve / Howard Caygill
  • The destruction of art / Howard Caygill ; Response to Howard Caygill / Thierry de Duve
  • Cloning terror : the war of images 2001-04 / WJT Mitchell ; Response to WJT Mitchell / Grisleda Pollock
  • Dying, seeing, feeling : transforming the ethical space of feminist aesthetics / Griselda Pollock ; Response to Griselda Pollock / WJT Mitchell.
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