Aesthetics Across the Color Line - Why Nietzsche (Sometimes) Can''t Sing the Blues

Informationen zum Autor By James J. Winchester Klappentext James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. Zusammenfassung James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding the Art of Others Chapter 2 Understanding Aesthetic Judgments across Cultural Borders Chapter 3 Why Nietzsche (Sometimes) Can't Sing the Blues; or Davis, Nietzsche, and the Social Embededness of Aesthetic Judgments Chapter 4 Misunderstanding Aesthetic Judgments across Cultural Divides Chapter 5 Adorno, Jazz, and the Limits of Apprenticeship Chapter 6 Art and the Politics of Representation in the South Bronx

Product details

• Authors: James Winchester, James J Winchester, James J. Winchester, Winchester James J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2002
• EAN: 9780742513914
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1391-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies