Aesthetics as Phenomenology - (Studies in Continental Thought) by Günter Figal (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>For those trained in the visual arts and for more casual viewers, Figal unmasks art as a decentering experience that opens further possibilities for understanding our lives and our world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Connecting aesthetic experience with our experience of nature or with other cultural artifacts, <i>Aesthetics as Phenomenology</i> focuses on what art means for cognition, recognition, and affect--how art changes our everyday disposition or behavior. Günter Figal engages in a penetrating analysis of the moment at which, in our contemplation of a work of art, reaction and thought confront each other. For those trained in the visual arts and for more casual viewers, Figal unmasks art as a decentering experience that opens further possibilities for understanding our lives and our world.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Aesthetics as Phenomenology is an important and potentially major contribution to the philosophy of art.</p>-- "Phenomenological Reviews"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Günter Figal is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany. He is author of <i>Objectivity: Philosophy and the Hermeneutical</i> and editor of <i>The Heidegger Reader </i>(IUP, 2009)<i>.</i></p><p>Jerome Veith teaches at Seattle University.</p>
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