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The Arts and the Definition of the Human - Toward a Philosophical Anthropology (Hardcover)
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The Arts and the Definition of the Human - Toward a Philosophical Anthropology (Hardcover)
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"The Arts and the Definition of the Human" introduces a novel
theory that our selves--our thoughts, perceptions, creativity, and
other qualities that make us human--are determined by our place in
history, and more particularly by our culture and language.
Margolis rejects the idea that any concepts or truths remain fixed
and objective through the flow of history and reveals that this
theory of the human being (or "philosophical anthropology") as
culturally determined and changing is necessary to make sense of
art. He shows that a painting, sculpture, or poem cannot have a
single correct interpretation because our creation and perception
of art will always be mitigated by our historical and cultural
contexts. Calling upon philosophers ranging from Parmenides and
Plato to Kant, Hegel, and Wittgenstein, art historians from Damisch
to Elkins, artists from Van Eyck to Michelangelo to Wordsworth to
Duchamp, Margolis creates a philosophy of art interwoven with his
philosophical anthropology which pointedly challenges prevailing
views of the fine arts and the nature of personhood.
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