Proximate Difference in Aesthetics - Jacques Derrida and Institutional Critique

Proximate Difference in Aesthetics explores the interconnections of the philosophy of Jacques Derrida and the artistic practices comprising Institutional Critique as a means of both providing a framework for this heterodox approach to art and examining Derrida's contributions to contemporary aesthetics.

List of contents

Introduction: Proximate Differences
Chapter 1: Derrida Avant la Lettre
Chapter 2: Parergonal Parasites
Chapter 3: Inhabiting Inhibiting Institutions
Chapter 4: Haunts, Hauntings, Hauntology
Chapter 5: Something from Nothing
Chapter 6: Restitution in/of the Legacies of Institutional Critique

About the author

K. Malcolm Richards is associate professor and Chair of the Graduate Programs at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Summary

Proximate Difference in Aesthetics explores the interconnections of the philosophy of Jacques Derrida and the artistic practices comprising Institutional Critique as a means of both providing a framework for this heterodox approach to art and examining Derrida’s contributions to contemporary aesthetics.

Product details

• Authors: K. Malcolm Richards, Richards K. Malcolm
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793624628
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-462-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; ART / History / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Philosophy: aesthetics, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Structuralism, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism