This volume contains surveys of the main issues in philosophical
aesthetics, as discussed by thinkers from ancient Greece to modern
times. It is written by members of the Open University and the
intention throughout is to make the issues intelligible and
interesting to as wide an audience as possible, including those
readers with a general interest in the arts as well as more
advanced students.
The volume begins with questions about the nature of art and
beauty. Are there any limitations to what may count as a work of
art? Are imitations and forgeries really less valuable than
original works? This is followed by discussions of aesthetic
experience, truth and the 'imitation of nature' in works of art. In
later chapters the emphasis is on the value and evaluation of art.
Should art exist for the good of society? What justification is
there for censorship in the case of pornography? The final chapters
deal with Marxist theories of art, and with structuralist and
post-structuralist views in recent continental writings.
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