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New. 0521476720. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--303 pages--TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of Illustrations * Preface * Acknowledgments * 1 Aesthetic Value 3 * Defining the Method 3 * The Aesthetic Scale versus the Sociology of Art 7 * Cultural Conventions and Political Purposes 11 * The Crisis of Contemporary Art 13 * Aesthetic Experience 17 * An "Oceanic" Feeling 18 * Aesthetic Axis and Diagonal Sciences 20 * Invariant Structures and Principles 22 * Touchstones in Architecture and Dance 30 * Distinguishing between Greater and Lesser Art 33 * Zola's Whirlwind 36 * 2 Creativity and Genius 37 * Creation is a Patient Search 39 * Imitative Genius 44 * Artistic Will 52 * Simplicity 56 * Radical Conjunction 62 * The Act of Making 65 * Stylization 68 * Humor and Wit 69 * 3 Pascal's Reason 73 * Art and Culture 73 * Radical Skepticism and Self-Importance 74 * History or Theory? 78 * The Assault on Meaning 79 * Value and Valuation 81 * Inherent Value and Pascal's Reason 83 * Defending Oneself against Truth 84 * Derrida's Mythical Twilight Zone 88 * False Populism 102 * "Intertextuality" and Base Metaphors 103 * 4 Nietzsche's Error 111 * "'Diversity' and Its Dangers" 111 * "Lost in the Battle" 113 * Edward W. Said: Imperialism Revisited 114 * Relativism and Determinism 122 * Art and Marxist Logic 123 * Hayden White's Epistemological Determinism 126 * History's Inner Rhythms 128 * Justifying "Theory" 129 * Bryson and Fundamental Errors 132 * Hayden White and the Laws of Discourse 134 * Derrida: "Parasitology" and Nihilism 136 * Deconstruction's Nihilistic Antihumanism 139 * Neietzsche's "Will to Power" 142 * The House of Cards 145 * Postscript: The Parameters of Culture 147 * The Tower of Babel 147 * The Music Box 153 * Notes 155 * Index 263--DESCRIPTION: In Defense of Humanism: Value in the Arts and Letters is a response to the critique of traditional humanism. 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. Establishing categories for determining value in the arts and letters, Etlin also explores the operations of the creative process in a discussion of artistic genius, reaffirming the transcendent moral and enduring qualities in great works of art. --REVIEW: "This book is marked by a refreshing clarity of style and a remarkably wide range of reference." Choice "In Defense of Humanism is a cool, clear breeze blowing some fairly foul-smelling fog from the corridors of the academy. In scholarly fields marked by obscurity, conformity, and eagerness not to offend, Etlin is willing to walk straight in, speak plainly, and raise the right issues. This is a wonderfully offensive book." Denis Dutton, Philosophy and Literature--with a bonus offer--
