The Aesthetics of Uncertainty
(Part of the Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series and Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series)
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Janet Wolff advances a "postcritical" aesthetics grounded in shared values that are negotiated in the context of community. She relates this approach to contemporary debates about a committed politics similarly founded on the abandonment of certainty. Neither universalist nor relativist, the "aesthetics of uncertainty" provides a discourse on beauty that contemporary critics can engage with and offers a basis for judgment that is committed to assigning...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231140975
ISBN13:9780231140973
Release Date:December 2015
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:198 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.0"
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