The Artist-Philosopher and Poetic Hermeneutics - On Trauma

Focusing on the aesthetic representation of trauma, George Smith outlines the nexus points between poetics and hermeneutics and shows how a particular kind of thinker, the artist-philosopher, practices interpretation in an entirely different way from traditional hermeneutics.

List of contents

Part One: Techn¿ 1. Paul de Man and the Future of Poetic Hermeneutics 2. Freud's Nachträglichkeit Part Two: Poiesis 3. Virginia Woolf and the Wolf Man 4. James, Degas, Manet, Picasso, Kruger, Walker, Wilson, Mbembe

About the author

George Smith is Founder, President, and Edgar E. Coons, Jr. Professor of New Philosophy at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA.

Summary

Focusing on the aesthetic representation of trauma, George Smith outlines the nexus points between poetics and hermeneutics and shows how a particular kind of thinker, the artist-philosopher, practices interpretation in an entirely different way from traditional hermeneutics.

Product details

• Authors: George Smith
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032197869
• ISBN: 978-1-032-19786-9
• No. of pages: 194
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, ART / History / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge