Images of Thought

Philosophical Interpretations of Carlos Estevez's Art

AvJorge J. E. Gracia

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Explores the relationship between philosophy and art through the work of Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez.Is philosophy hopelessly opposed to art? Images of Thought answers negatively, claiming that visual images can be used effectively to grasp complex thoughts, and philosophy can be deployed to deepen our understanding of art. Jorge J. E. Gracia provides philosophical interpretations of seventeen works by the Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez that engage such topics as self-knowledge, the nature of the universe, faith and reason, permanence and change, the self and the other, women and men, freedom and determinism, providence, and predestination. The study's novelty lies both in its use of the interpretation of art to understand traditional philosophical problems and the theory it proposes concerning the nature of interpretation. The clarity of the discussion and an engaging style make it accessible to a wider audience.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-02-19
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791493809

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Jorge J. E. Gracia is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He is the author of several books, including Metaphysics and Its Task: The Search for the Categorial Foundation of Knowledge, and the coeditor (with Lynette M. F. Bosch and Isabel Alvarez Borland) of Identity, Memory, and Diaspora: Voices of Cuban-American Artists, Writers, and Philosophers, both also published by SUNY Press.

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"This is a fine contribution to the analysis of a major Cuban and Latin American artist, and it is perhaps the first of its kind. While it is focused on a particular painter, the book manages to help lay the foundations for a philosophical analysis of art in general. It is a useful addition to a growing literature of philosophical works on aesthetics." — Eduardo Mendieta, author of Global Fragments: Globalizations, Latinamericanisms, and Critical Theory"Gracia has managed to fit discussion of important philosophical themes very well with the exploration of the artwork, which is fascinating and deserves attention." — Charles Burroughs, Case Western Reserve University

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsPreface 1. Art and Philosophy2. Carlos Estévez and His Art Part 1: Philosophical Interpretations of Estévez’s Works Knowledge 3. Know Thyself 4. I Am Myself and My Circumstances 5. Everything We Know Is Numbers6. No Man Knows the Whole Truth 7. Faith Seeks Understanding Reality8. You Cannot Step into the Same River Twice 9. No Part of the Whole Is Empty 10. There Is No New Thing under the Sun 11. The Living Creature Is a World Order in Miniature Society 12. Negotiating Identities 13. What Then Is a Race? 14. Imagined Communities 15. I-Thou 16. Male and Female Destiny 17. The Will Does Not Desire of Necessity 18. The Very Hairs of Your Head Are All Numbered 19. God Has Predestined His ElectPart 2: Philosophical Interpretations and Art 20. Interpretation21. Art 22. Philosophical Interpretations of ArtAppendicesAppendix 1 Interview with Carlos EstévezAppendix 2 Carlos Estévez’s Biographical ChronologyAppendix 3 Carlos Estévez’s Images of Thought, Exhibition ChecklistNotesBibliographyIndex