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Wonder Strikes: Approaching Aesthetics and Literature with William Desmond

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Availability:In StockContributor:Steven E. Knepper, William Desmond (Foreword by)Publish date:2023-01-02Pages:293
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438489568ISBN-10:1438489560UPC:9781438489568Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Psychology of Religion, Individual PhilosophersSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SCV58PG722
William Desmond argues that philosophy, religion, and art begin in wonder. Desmond is widely recognized for his original metaphysics and his provocative philosophy of religion. Desmond's extensive writings on aesthetics, art, and literature, however, have received much less attention. Wonder Strikes is the first book-length examination of these dimensions of Desmond's thought. It offers nuanced commentary on his treatment of beauty and the sublime; his accounts of tragedy and comedy; and his argument that, having asked "too much" of art in modernity, we now ask "too little." Desmond claims that art, philosophy, and religion must recover their ancient kinship and their shared roots in wonder if they are to counter the destructive instrumentalism of our time.
Language:EnglishPublisher:State University of New York PressISBN-13:9781438489568ISBN-10:1438489560UPC:9781438489568Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Psychology of Religion, Individual PhilosophersSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SCV58PG722
Publisher: State University of New York Press

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