Scruton's Aesthetics

by A. Hamilton (Editor), N. Zangwill (Editor)

Overview

Scruton's Aesthetics is a comprehensive critical evaluation of one of the major aestheticians of our age. The lead essay by Scruton is followed by fourteen essays by international commentators plus Scruton's reply. All discuss matters of enduring importance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230251687
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/26/2012
Edition description:	2012
Pages:	313
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

JONATHAN FRIDAY Head of the School of Arts and Senior Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Art at the University of Kent, UK DANIEL B. GALLAGHER was Professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. He is now a Latin scriptor at the Vatican Secretariat of State GORDON GRAHAM Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA FRANZ KNAPPIK Lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany PETER LAMARQUE Professor of Philosophy at the University of York, UK SARAH-JANE LESLIE Assistant Professor at Princeton University, USA ROGER SCRUTON has taught at the Universities of London and Boston. He is currently visiting research professor at St Andrews University and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC MICHAEL SPITZER Professor of Music at the University of Liverpool, UK CHRISTOPHER STEVENS earned the M.A. from the CUNY Graduate Center and the Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, USA KATHLEEN STOCK Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sussex, UK CAIN TODD Lecturer in Philosophy at Lancaster University, UK ROB VAN GERWEN Lecturer in Philosophy at Utrecht University, The Netherlands EDWARD WINTERS used to teach at University of Westminster, and West Dean College and University of Kent, UK

Table of Contents

Preface Notes on Contributors Summary of the Chapters Introduction Working Towards Art; R.Scruton Scruton's Musical Experiences; N.Zangwill Scruton's Theory of 'Hearing As' and Musical Metaphor; M.Spitzer Scruton on Hearing the Musician; R.Van Gerwen Scruton and Wittgenstein on Musical Expression; F.Knappik Scruton, Representation, and the Philosophy of Opera; D.B.Gallagher Eros and the Redemption of the Gods; S-J.Leslie Roger Scruton's 'Photography and Representation'; J.Friday Fantasy, Imagination and Film; K.Sk Scruton on Architecture; G.Graham The Autonomy of Architecture; A.Hamilton Against Neatness; and the Neateners who would Neaten Us; E.Winters Imagination, Expressiveness, and Expression in the Case of Wine; C.Todd Who's Afraid of Roger Scruton?; C.Stevens The Disintegration of Aesthetics; P.Lamarque A Guarded Response; R.Scruton List of Books Published by Roger Scruton Index