Art & Reality: John Anderson On Literature And Aesthetics
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A landmark work in philosophical aesthetics, Art & Reality: John Anderson on Literature and Aesthetics presents the collected writings of one of Australia's most influential twentieth-century philosophers, whose realist philosophy shaped generations of thinkers at the University of Sydney. Anderson argues with characteristic rigor and clarity that art is not a vehicle for moral instruction or emotional catharsis, but rather an autonomous form of inquiry that engages with the objective complexity of human experience. The volume details his penetrating analyses of literature, criticism, and the nature of aesthetic judgment, drawing on his broader commitment to a thoroughgoing empirical realism that resists idealist and subjectivist tendencies in philosophy. Carefully assembled by editors Janet Anderson, Graham Cullum, and Kimon Lycos, the collection illustrates how Anderson's aesthetic theory connects seamlessly to his wider metaphysical and social thought, offering readers a unified and intellectually demanding vision of what art is and why it matters. This is an essential text for scholars of aesthetics, literary theory, and the history of Australasian philosophy.
Author: John Anderson
Format: Paperback
Published: 1982, Hale & Iremonger
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work in philosophical aesthetics, Art & Reality: John Anderson on Literature and Aesthetics presents the collected writings of one of Australia's most influential twentieth-century philosophers, whose realist philosophy shaped generations of thinkers at the University of Sydney. Anderson argues with characteristic rigor and clarity that art is not a vehicle for moral instruction or emotional catharsis, but rather an autonomous form of inquiry that engages with the objective complexity of human experience. The volume details his penetrating analyses of literature, criticism, and the nature of aesthetic judgment, drawing on his broader commitment to a thoroughgoing empirical realism that resists idealist and subjectivist tendencies in philosophy. Carefully assembled by editors Janet Anderson, Graham Cullum, and Kimon Lycos, the collection illustrates how Anderson's aesthetic theory connects seamlessly to his wider metaphysical and social thought, offering readers a unified and intellectually demanding vision of what art is and why it matters. This is an essential text for scholars of aesthetics, literary theory, and the history of Australasian philosophy.