In this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural
theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied
forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to
typography. Moving between the visible and the invisible, the
audible and the inaudible, his analyses span the centuries, from
ancient civilizations to contemporary Hollywood. With great verve
and insight he considers the key issues that have faced thinkers
from Aristotle to Adorno, looking at art in its relation to ethics,
epistemology, metaphysics, society, politics, anthropology and the
subject. Sloterdijk explores a great variety of topics, including
the Greek-Roman invention of postcards, medieval barter with
purgatory and relics, the capitalist art market, the black boxes
and white cubes of modernism, the rise of world's fairs in the 19th
century, the growth of museum and memorial culture, images of the
city and the role of creativity. In doing so, Sloterdijk extends
his characteristic method of defamiliarisation to transform the way
we look at works of art and movements. His bold and original
approach leads us away from the well-trodden paths of conventional
art history to develop a theory of aesthetics which rejects strict
categorisation, emphasising instead the crucial importance of
individual subjectivity as a counter to the latent dangers of
collective culture. This sustained collection of reflections, at
once playful, serious and provocative, goes to the very heart of
Sloterdijk's enduring philosophical preoccupation with the
aesthetic. It will be essential reading for students and scholars
of philosophy and aesthetics and will appeal to anyone interested
in culture and the arts more generally.
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