John Dewey and the Artful Life: Pragmatism, Aesthetics, and Morality

by Scott R. Stroud

Aesthetic experience has had a long and contentious history in the Western intellectual tradition. Following Kant and Hegel, a human's interaction with nature or art frequently has been conceptualized as separate from issues of practical activity or moral value. This book examines how art can be seen as a way of moral cultivation. Scott Stroud uses the thought of the American pragmatist John Dewey to argue that art and the aesthetic have a close...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271050071
• ISBN13: 9780271050072
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"