Is the celebrated elegance of Cycladic marble figurines an effect
their Early Bronze Age producers intended? Can one adequately
appreciate an Assyrian regal statue described by a cuneiform
inscription as beautiful? What to make of the apparent aesthetic
richness of the traditional cultures of Melanesia, which, however,
engage in virtually no recognizable aesthetic discourse? Questions
such as these have been formulated and discussed by scholars of
remote cultures against the backdrop of a general scepticism about
the prospects of escaping the conditioning of one's own aesthetic
culture and attuning to the norms of a remote one. This book makes
a radical move: it treats the remote observers' lack of aesthetic
insight not as a hindrance to aesthetic analysis, but as a
condition requiring an aesthetic theory that would make room for an
aesthetic analysis independent of the model of competent aesthetic
judgement or appreciation. Objects of Authority represents a rare
effort at bringing together methods and concepts that are often
addressed by separate disciplines. It will appeal to scholars and
advanced students working on philosophical, art-historical, and
anthropological theories of visual art and material culture.
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