Life as Art: Aesthetics and the Creation of Self
Life as Art brings the resources of contemporary aesthetics since Nietzsche to bear on the problems of how one integrates the aesthetic emphases of meaning, liberation, and creativity into one’s daily life. By linking together the aesthetic and ethical accounts of critical theorists, phenomenologists, and existentialists into a coherent view on the artful life, Life as Art shows the ways in which much of contemporary Continental theory has been concerned with alternative ways of constructing one’s own life. Seen as a unified phenomenon, life as art signifies an active attempt to create a life which bears the resistance, openness, and creativity found in artworks.
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Life as Art: Aesthetics and the Creation of Self
Life as Art brings the resources of contemporary aesthetics since Nietzsche to bear on the problems of how one integrates the aesthetic emphases of meaning, liberation, and creativity into one’s daily life. By linking together the aesthetic and ethical accounts of critical theorists, phenomenologists, and existentialists into a coherent view on the artful life, Life as Art shows the ways in which much of contemporary Continental theory has been concerned with alternative ways of constructing one’s own life. Seen as a unified phenomenon, life as art signifies an active attempt to create a life which bears the resistance, openness, and creativity found in artworks.
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Life as Art: Aesthetics and the Creation of Self
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Life as Art: Aesthetics and the Creation of Self
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780739168707 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 09/27/2012 |
Pages: | 310 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
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