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Art, myth, and society in Hegel's aesthetics by James, David, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The symbolic form of art -- Kant's theory of the mathematical sublime and the boundlessness of the symbolic form of art -- The classical sublimity of Judaism -- The classical form of art -- The original epic -- The ideal -- The transition to the revealed religion and the romantic form of art -- The revealed religion -- Representational thought and the romantic form of art -- Traces of left-hegelianism in Hegel's lectures on aesthetics -- The end of mythology -- The significance of Kierkegaard's interpretation of Don Giovanni in relation to Hegel's theory of the end of art -- The end of art -- The opera as a modern art form -- Hegel and Lukács's on the possibility of a modern epic -- The problem of a modern epic -- The modern epic and history -- Civil society as the background to the modern epic -- Myth and society : a common theme in the thought of Hegel and Sorel -- Sorel's myth of the general strike -- Myth and modern ethical life.…”
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Architects of Buddhist Leisure : Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks by McDaniel, Justin Thomas

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Architects of Buddhist Leisure : Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks by McDaniel, Justin Thomas

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Action, art, history engagements with Arthur C. Danto /

Table of Contents: “…Danto -- Danto's action / Donald Davidson -- Response -- Crossing paths / Stanley Cavell -- Response -- For the birds/against the birds: the modernist narratives of Danto and Adorno (and Cage) / Lydia Goehr -- Response -- Photoshop, or, Unhanding art / Gregg Horowitz -- Response -- At the doom of modernism: art and art theory in competition / Hans Belting -- Response -- The sell-by date / Daniel Herwitz -- Response -- Danto on Tansey: the possibilities of appearance / Michael Kelly -- Response -- Danto, history, and the tragedy of human existence / Frank R. …”
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Action, art, history engagements with Arthur C. Danto /

Table of Contents: “…Danto -- Danto's action / Donald Davidson -- Response -- Crossing paths / Stanley Cavell -- Response -- For the birds/against the birds: the modernist narratives of Danto and Adorno (and Cage) / Lydia Goehr -- Response -- Photoshop, or, Unhanding art / Gregg Horowitz -- Response -- At the doom of modernism: art and art theory in competition / Hans Belting -- Response -- The sell-by date / Daniel Herwitz -- Response -- Danto on Tansey: the possibilities of appearance / Michael Kelly -- Response -- Danto, history, and the tragedy of human existence / Frank R. …”
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Lee Friedlander : The Little Screens / by Anton, Saul, Friedlander, Lee

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Lee Friedlander : The Little Screens / by Anton, Saul, Friedlander, Lee

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George Ohr : sophisticate and rube / by Lippert, Ellen J.

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George Ohr : sophisticate and rube / by Lippert, Ellen J.

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Eric Rohmer's Film Theory (1948-1953) : From 'école Scherer' to 'politique des auteurs' / by Grosoli, Marco

Table of Contents: “…After Modernity: Rohmer's Classicism and Universalism; 6.1. Beyond modern art; 6.2. Classic = Modern; 6.3. An anti-evolutionist approach; 6.4. …”
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Eric Rohmer's Film Theory (1948-1953) : From 'école Scherer' to 'politique des auteurs' / by Grosoli, Marco

Table of Contents: “…After Modernity: Rohmer's Classicism and Universalism; 6.1. Beyond modern art; 6.2. Classic = Modern; 6.3. An anti-evolutionist approach; 6.4. …”
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Culture and social transformations in reform era China

Table of Contents: “…/ Han Shaogong -- A unique transcendence : Deng Xiaoping's China and Mao Zedong's China / Gong Yuzhi -- The impact of the Cultural Revolution on reform era political culture / Roderick MacFarquhar -- The influence of China's cultural tradition of revolution on reform-period conceptions of modernity / Cao Tian Yu -- The Chinese Revolution and the self identity of the Chinese nation / Lin Chun -- Comments on Gong Yuzhi's "A unique transcendence" and Roderick MacFarquhar's "The impact of the Cultural Revolution on reform-era political culture" / Lin Chun -- China's social transformation and two types of modernity / Gao Like -- Confusian Marxism and its implications in the current age of globalization / Chen Weigang -- The Cold War, imperial aesthetics, and area studies / Wang Ban -- Themes for China : modern arts, modern conflict / Marshall Berman.…”
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Culture and social transformations in reform era China

Table of Contents: “…/ Han Shaogong -- A unique transcendence : Deng Xiaoping's China and Mao Zedong's China / Gong Yuzhi -- The impact of the Cultural Revolution on reform era political culture / Roderick MacFarquhar -- The influence of China's cultural tradition of revolution on reform-period conceptions of modernity / Cao Tian Yu -- The Chinese Revolution and the self identity of the Chinese nation / Lin Chun -- Comments on Gong Yuzhi's "A unique transcendence" and Roderick MacFarquhar's "The impact of the Cultural Revolution on reform-era political culture" / Lin Chun -- China's social transformation and two types of modernity / Gao Like -- Confusian Marxism and its implications in the current age of globalization / Chen Weigang -- The Cold War, imperial aesthetics, and area studies / Wang Ban -- Themes for China : modern arts, modern conflict / Marshall Berman.…”
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Beyond the Bauhaus : Cultural Modernity in Breslau, 1918-33 / by Barnstone, Deborah Ascher

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Beyond the Bauhaus : Cultural Modernity in Breslau, 1918-33 / by Barnstone, Deborah Ascher

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