The Future of Aesthetics: The 1996 Ryle Lectures (Toronto Studies in Philosophy) - Hardcover

Sparshott, Francis Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802044263 ISBN 13: 9780802044266

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Widely admired as one of Canada's leading philosophers, Francis Sparshott is a major figure in postwar philosophical aesthetics. In this book he presents an annotated version of the text of the four 1996 Ryle Lectures that he gave at Trent University.

Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of such a discipline in the broad social structures provided by universities and civilizations, and tackles many perennially interesting questions about education and the life of the mind.

Written with wit and charm, the lectures journey through a vast terrain of references, yet wear their learning lightly. Sparshott's engaging style and humane vision will, as always, attract a wide and diverse readership.

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Francis E. Sparshott (1926-2015) was University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and philosophy including A Measured Pace: Toward a Philosophical Understanding of the Arts of Dance.

FRANCIS SPARSHOTT is University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802044263
• ISBN 13: 9780802044266
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
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