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Informationen zum Autor Zachary Simpson has a B.A. in biology from Colorado College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy of religion from Claremont Graduate University. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University in the Evolution and Theology of Cooperation Project, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. Zachary has worked in an editorial capacity on seven different volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (associate editor; Oxford University Press, 2006) and Adventures in the Spirit: New Forays in Philosophical Theology (Fortress Press, 2008). He has published articles related to phenomenology, deconstruction, and science and religion. Klappentext Life as Art synthesizes a number of aesthetic theories in philosophy after 1850 and shows the ways in which they contribute to a unified field of analysis and potential implementation. The book is framed both as a secondary text, analyzing 19th and 20th Century aesthetics, and a primary argument for the viability of life as art as a unified philosophical position. Zusammenfassung Life as Art synthesizes a number of aesthetic theories in philosophy after 1850 and shows the ways in which they contribute to a unified field of analysis and potential implementation. The book is framed both as a secondary text, analyzing 19th and 20th Century aesthetics, and... Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Introducing Life as ArtChapter 1: The Path AheadChapter 2: Dandyism and Life is ArtChapter 3: Nietzsche's Ideal TypesPart II: ResistantChapter 4: Theodor Adorno on Negative Thinking and UtopiaChapter 5: Herbert Marcuse and the Artful IndividualPart III: AffirmationChapter 6: Martin Heidegger and Poetic ThinkingChapter 7: Merleau-Ponty and Marion on the Thought of BeingPart IV: CreationChapter 8: Albert Camus on the Life ArtistChapter 9: Foucault's Aesthetics of ExistenceChapter 10: Conclusion: Life as Art...
