336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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Aesthetic Order challenges contemporary theories of aesthetics, offering the idea of beauty as quantitative yet different from the traditional discursive order. It will be of importance to all interested in aesthetic theory.
Introduction PART I Understanding order 1 What is order? 2 What is disorder? PART II Two types of order 3 Discursive order: the conventional concept 4 Beyond discursive order 5 Bergson: the unpredictable order 6 Aesthetic order: quantitative analysis 7 Aesthetic order: qualitative analysis (I) 8 Aesthetic order: qualitative analysis (II) 9 Relations and interactions PART III Aesthetic queries 10 Understanding beauty 11 Defining art
Biography
Ruth Lorand is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Haifa, Israel.
'An impressively far ranging and thoughtful study.' - Kendall Walton, University of Michigan
