Art and Ethics in a Material World

Kant’s Pragmatist Legacy

By:

Jennifer McMahon

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Hardback

Series:

Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

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In this book, McMahon argues that a reading of Kant’s body of work in the light of a pragmatist theory of meaning and language (which arguably is a Kantian legacy) leads one to put community reception ahead of individual reception in the order of aesthetic relations. A core premise of the book is that neo-pragmatism draws attention to an otherwise overlooked aspect of Kant’s "Critique of Aesthetic Judgment," and this is the conception of community which it sets forth. While offering an interpretation of Kant’s aesthetic theory, the book focuses on the implications of Kant’s third critique for contemporary art. McMahon draws upon Kant and his legacy in pragmatist theories of meaning and language to argue that aesthetic judgment is a version of moral judgment: a way to cultivate attitudes conducive to community, which plays a pivotal role in the evolution of language, meaning, and knowledge.

Author Biography:

Jennifer A. McMahon is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, South Australia.

Release date NZ

August 8th, 2013

Author

Jennifer McMahon

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Illustrations

18 Halftones, black and white

Pages

234

Series

Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

Dimensions

152x229x23

ISBN-13

9780415504522

Product ID

18397393

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