Images of excellence : Plato's critique of the arts / Christopher Janaway.

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Janaway, Christopher.

Title & Author:

Images of excellence : Plato's critique of the arts / Christopher Janaway.

Publication:

Description:

viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-211) and indexes.
Also available on the Internet to subscribing institutions.

Summary:

This original new book argues for a reassessment of Plato's challenge to the arts. Plato was the first great figure in Western philosophy to assess the value of the arts; he argued in the Republic that traditionally accepted forms of poetry, drama, and music are unsound. While this view has been widely rejected, Janaway argues that Plato's hostile case is a more coherent and profound challenge to the arts than has sometimes been supposed. Denying that Plato advocates "good art" in any modern sense, Janaway seeks both to understand Plato's critique in the context of his own philosophy and to locate him in today's philosophy of art, showing how issues in aesthetics arise from responses to his charges.

Resources:
Oxford Scholarship Online

ISBN:

0198237928 (pbk.)
9780198237921 (pbk.)
0198240074
9780198240075

Subject:

Plato Aesthetics.
Plato.
Plato v427-v347
Plato v427-v347 Res publica
Aesthetics.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophie ancienne.
Kunst
Künste
Literaturtheorie
Philosophie
Platonismus
Poetik
Ästhetik

Holdings:

Location: Library main 176543
Call No.: ID B398.A7; ID:98-B2786
Status: Available

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