Bentham and the Arts

Bentham and the Arts considers the skeptical challenge presented by Bentham's hedonistic utilitarianism to the existence of the aesthetic, as represented in the oft-quoted statement that, 'Prejudice apart, the game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry. If the game of push-pin furnish more pleasure, it is more valuable than either.' Ranging from poetry and sexual nonconformity to the auto-icon and public sculpture, from Hume, Kant, and de Sta l to Freud and Michel Onfray, an excellent crew of contributors brings Jeremy Bentham out from the shadow cast by John Stuart Mill with much new to say on taste and politics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787357376
• ISBN13: 9781787357372
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: UCL Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"