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From Aesthetics To Ethics: The Place Of Delight In Confucian Ethics, Andrew Lambert Oct 2020

From Aesthetics To Ethics: The Place Of Delight In Confucian Ethics, Andrew Lambert

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An exploration of the role of pleasure or delight (le ) in classical Confucian ethics. Building on Michael Nylans account of the role of pleasure in public spectacle and social order, I explore how the meaning of delight (le ) derives from the features and effects of music (yue ). Drawing on Dewey s aesthetics and accounts of music in Confucian texts, I explore a conception of Confucian ethics, in which delight like states generated through everyday social interaction are foundational.


Lamin Fofana: Blues, Alaina Claire Feldman, Dino Dincer Sirin, Lamin Fofana Mar 2020

Lamin Fofana: Blues, Alaina Claire Feldman, Dino Dincer Sirin, Lamin Fofana

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Catalogue for the exhibition "Lamin Fofana: Blues" presented at Baruch College's Mishkin Gallery in 2020.


Opera And Children’S Literature: 1895-Present, John P. Delooper Jan 2020

Opera And Children’S Literature: 1895-Present, John P. Delooper

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This presentation discusses the findings resulting from the creation of a comprehensive bibliography of English Language children’s opera books published from 1895 to present. Historically opera was often assumed to be an elitist art in the United States and was thus seldom discussed in library collection development literature, and equally rarely highlighted in children’s literature periodicals. Recently, two librarians, supported by a Carnegie Whitney grant from the American Library Association, investigated the impact of opera themed children’s books by compiling a bibliography which documented instances of opera in published English Language children’s literature over the last 125 years. By analyzing …