Art Before the Law - Aesthetics and Ethics

Ever since Plato expelled the poets from his ideal state, the ethics of art has had to confront philosophy’s denial of art’s morality. In Art before the Law, Ruth Ronen proposes a new outlook on the ethics of art by arguing that art insists on this tradition of denial, affirming its singular ethics through negativity.

List of contents

Introduction: By Way of the Law

Chapter 1: By Way of Negation

Chapter 2: By Way of Beauty

Chapter 3: By Way of Truth

Chapter 4: By Way of Deception - With Efrat Biberman (Holon Institute of Technology, Design)

Chapter 5: By Way of Prohibition

Conclusion

About the author

Ruth Ronen is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University.

Summary

Ever since Plato expelled the poets from his ideal state, the ethics of art has had to confront philosophy’s denial of art’s morality. In Art before the Law, Ruth Ronen proposes a new outlook on the ethics of art by arguing that art insists on this tradition of denial, affirming its singular ethics through negativity.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Ronen
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2014
• EAN: 9781442647886
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4788-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works