Art, Origins, Otherness

Art, Origins, OthernessAddresses the end of art and the task of metaphysics. Though our time is often said to be post religious and post metaphysical, many continue to seek some encounter with otherness and transcendence in art. This book deals diversely with the issues of art, origins, and otherness, both in themselves and in philosophical engagements with the works of Plato, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Addressing themes such as eros and mania,

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