120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1983, Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art provides a lucid account of two divergent tendencies in the study of aesthetics. At the one extreme, traditional aestheticians have assumed that art and literature are wholly independent, following only the laws and inspirations of artists and artistic movements, and that the question of aesthetic value is accordingly unproblematic.... Read more
Acknowledgements 1. The Sociological Critique of Aesthetics 2. Sociology versus Aesthetics 3. Political and Aesthetic Value 4. The Nature of the Aesthetic 5. The Specificity of Art 6. Towards a Sociological Aesthetics Bibliography Index
Biography
Janet Wolff
