0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics

Buy Now

Chaos, Territory, Art - Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth (Hardcover) Loot Price: R602
Discovery Miles 6 020
You Save: R53 (8%)

Chaos, Territory, Art - Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth (Hardcover)

Elizabeth Grosz

Series: The Wellek Library Lectures

 (sign in to rate)
List price R655 Loot Price R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 | Repayment Terms: R56 pm x 12* You Save R53 (8%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

Instead of treating art as a unique creation that requires reason and refined taste to appreciate, Elizabeth Grosz argues that art-especially architecture, music, and painting-is born from the disruptive forces of sexual selection. She approaches art as a form of erotic expression connecting sensory richness with primal desire, and in doing so, finds that the meaning of art comes from the intensities and sensations it inspires, not just its intention and aesthetic.

By regarding our most cultured human accomplishments as the result of the excessive, nonfunctional forces of sexual attraction and seduction, Grosz encourages us to see art as a kind of bodily enhancement or mode of sensation enabling living bodies to experience and transform the universe. Art can be understood as a way for bodies to augment themselves and their capacity for perception and affection-a way to grow and evolve through sensation. Through this framework, which knits together the theories of Charles Darwin, Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze, FA(c)lix Guattari, and Jakob von UexkA1/4ll, we are able to grasp art's deep animal lineage.

Grosz argues that art is not tied to the predictable and known but to new futures not contained in the present. Its animal affiliations ensure that art is intensely political and charged with the creation of new worlds and new forms of living. According to Grosz, art is the way in which life experiments with materiality, or nature, in order to bring about change.

General

Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The Wellek Library Lectures
Release date: May 2008
First published: May 2008
Authors: Elizabeth Grosz
Dimensions: 215 x 145 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-14518-3
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Promotions
LSN: 0-231-14518-7
Barcode: 9780231145183

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Brecht On Art & Politics
Bertolt Brecht Hardcover R1,843 Discovery Miles 18 430
The Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche
Ken Gemes, John Richardson Hardcover R4,832 Discovery Miles 48 320
Understanding Love - Philosophy, Film…
Susan Wolf, Christopher Grau Hardcover R4,092 Discovery Miles 40 920
A Brief History of the Philosophy of…
Adrian Bardon Hardcover R3,041 Discovery Miles 30 410
Glory of the Lord VOL 6 - Theology: The…
Hans Urs Von Balthasar Hardcover R5,961 Discovery Miles 59 610
Glory of the Lord VOL 5
Hans Urs Von Balthasar Hardcover R5,648 Discovery Miles 56 480
Glory of the Lord VOL 7 - Theology: The…
Hans Urs Von Balthasar Hardcover R5,970 Discovery Miles 59 700
The Glory Of The Lord: A Theological…
Hans Urs Von Balthasar Hardcover R5,631 Discovery Miles 56 310
The Glory Of The Lord: A Theological…
Hans Urs Von Balthasar Hardcover R5,962 Discovery Miles 59 620
The Wabi-Sabi Way - Simple Principles to…
Mike Sturm Paperback R292 Discovery Miles 2 920
Glory of the Lord VOL 1 - Seeing The…
Hans Urs Von Balthasar Hardcover R5,645 Discovery Miles 56 450
The Analysis of Beauty - Written With a…
William Hogarth Paperback R487 Discovery Miles 4 870

See more

Partners