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100 1 $aEtlin, Richard A.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83138743
245 10 $aIn defense of humanism :$bvalue in the arts and letters /$cRichard A. Etlin.
260 $aNew York, NY, USA :$bCambridge University Press,$c1996.
300 $axx, 283 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-261) and index.
505 20 $g1.$tAesthetic Value.$tDefining the Method.$tThe Aesthetic Scale versus the Sociology of Art.$tCultural Conventions and Political Purposes.$tThe Crisis of Contemporary Art.$tAesthetic Experience.$tAn "Oceanic" Feeling.$tAesthetic Axis and Diagonal Sciences.$tInvariant Structures and Principles.$tTouchstones in Architecture and Dance.$tDistinguishing between Greater and Lesser Art.$tZola's Whirlwind --$g2.$tCreativity and Genius.$tCreation is a Patient Search.$tImitative Genius.$tArtistic Will.$tSimplicity.$tRadical Conjunction.$tThe Act of Making.$tStylization.$tHumor and Wit --$g3.$tPascal's Reason.$tArt and Culture.$tRadical Skepticism and Self-Importance.$tHistory or Theory?$tThe Assault on Meaning.$tValue and Valuation.$tInherent Value and Pascal's Reason.$tDefending Oneself against Truth.$tDerrida's Mythical Twilight Zone.$tFalse Populism.$t"Intertextuality" and Base Metaphors --$g4.$tNietzsche's Error.$t"'Diversity' and Its Dangers"$t"Lost in the Battle"$tEdward W. Said: Imperialism Revisited.
505 80 $tRelativism and Determinism.$tArt and Marxist Logic.$tHayden White's Epistemological Determinism.$tHistory's Inner Rhythms.$tJustifying "Theory"$tBryson and Fundamental Errors.$tHayden White and the Laws of Discourse.$tDerrida: "Parasitology" and Nihilism.$tDeconstruction's Nihilistic Antihumanism.$tNeietzsche's "Will to Power"$tThe House of Cards.$tPostscript: The Parameters of Culture.$tThe Tower of Babel.$tThe Music Box.
520 $aIn Defense of Humanism: Value in the Arts and Letters is a response to the critique of traditional humanism, and particularly its cultural dimension, which has been at the heart of intellectual discourse for the past decade. In simple, clear language, Richard Etlin articulates the nature of aesthetic experience through analysis of works in a wide variety of media, including painting, sculpture, architecture, drawing, literature, and dance.
520 8 $aEstablishing categories for determining value in the arts and letters, Etlin also explores the operations of the creative process in a discussion of artistic genius. He reaffirms the transcendent moral and enduring qualities in great works of art. Etlin offers, moreover, a critique of the fundamental premises of the post-structuralist thinkers, including Jacques Derrida, Stanley Fish, Hayden White, Pierre Bourdieu, and Edward W.
520 8 $aSaid, whose work is placed within the context of modern intellectual history.
650 0 $aHumanism in art.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062905
650 0 $aArts.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008324
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