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Creation and the Function of Art: Techné, Poiesis and the Problem of Aesthetics Contributor(s): Tuckwell, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350010766 ISBN-13: 9781350010765 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2017 Click for more in this series: Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
Dewey: 111.85 |
LCCN: 2017032772 |
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.13 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index |
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Publisher Description: Returning to the Greek understanding of art to rethink its capacities, Creation and the Function of Art focuses on the relationship between techné and phusis (nature). Moving away from the theoretical Platonism which dominates contemporary understandings of art, this book instead reinvigorates Aristotelian causation. Beginning with the Greek topos and turning to insights from philosophy, pure mathematics, psychoanalysis and biology, Jason Tuckwell re-problematises techné in functional terms. This book examines the deviations at play within logical forms, the subject, and upon phusis to better situate the role of the function in poiesis (art). In so doing, Tuckwell argues that art concerns a genuinely creative labour that cannot be resolved via an ontological or epistemological problem, but which instead constitutes an encounter with the problematic. As such, techné is shown to be a property of the living, of intelligence coupled to action, that not only enacts poiesis or art, but indicates a broader role for creative deviation in nature. |
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