| Description |
viii, 233 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Agnes Heller: modernity, aesthetics and the human condition, an interpretative essay / John Rundell -- What went wrong with the concept of the beautiful? -- Autonomy of art or the dignity of the artwork -- The role of emotions in the reception of artworks -- Joke culture and transformations of the public sphere -- The contemporary historical novel -- The metaphysics of embodiment in the western tradition -- European master-narratives about freedom -- The three logics of modernity and the double bind of the modern imagination -- The absolute stranger: Shakespeare and the drama of failed assimilation -- The gods of Greece : Germans and Greeks -- Self representation and the representation of the other -- Where are we at home?. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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Postmodernism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rundell, John F.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780739141311 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780739141328 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780739141335 (electronic bk.) |
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