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Kierkegaard On Indirect Communication, The Crowd, And A Monstrous Illusion, Antony Aumann 2010 Northern Michigan University

Kierkegaard On Indirect Communication, The Crowd, And A Monstrous Illusion, Antony Aumann

Faculty Works

Following the pattern set by the early German Romantics, Kierkegaard conveys many of his insights through literature rather than academic prose. What makes him a valuable member of this tradition is the theory he develops to support it, his so-called “theory of indirect communication.” The most exciting aspect of this theory concerns the alleged importance of indirect communication: Kierkegaard claims that there are some projects only it can accomplish. This paper provides a critical account of two arguments Kierkegaard offers in defense of this claim. The first argument is that he needs to use indirect communication in order to discourage …


What About The Children? Benjamin And Arendt: On Education, Work, And The Political, jules simon 2010 University of Texas at El Paso

What About The Children? Benjamin And Arendt: On Education, Work, And The Political, Jules Simon

Departmental Papers (Philosophy)

This article is a rough draft of an article that I contributed to an edited volume of articles dealing with progressive education theory. I reflect on articles that Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin wrote that deal with educational reform and innovation, both political in nature.


A Symposium On Laurent Stern's Interpretive Realism, John Gibson 2010 University of Louisville

A Symposium On Laurent Stern's Interpretive Realism, John Gibson

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

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Recent Publications, 2010 Rhode Island School of Design

Recent Publications

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

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Response To Critics, Laurent Stern 2010 Rutgers University

Response To Critics, Laurent Stern

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

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Allowing The Accidental; The Interplay Between Intentionality And Realism In Photographic Art, Katrina Mitcheson 2010 Bath Spa University

Allowing The Accidental; The Interplay Between Intentionality And Realism In Photographic Art, Katrina Mitcheson

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

We experience photographs both as intentional and as prone to the accidental. The photograph is both capable of being an artwork with its own, constructed world and of drawing our attention to the reality of the objects used in creating it. In this article I employ the insights contained in the concepts of Barthes’ studium and punctum in order to explore how the artist’s intentions and the realism of photography interact aesthetically. I advance the idea that a unique aesthetics of photography can be rooted in the tension between the intentional, culturally coded message of a photograph and the emanation …


The Aesthetics Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri): From The Scientific Laboratory To An Artwork, Silvia Casini 2010 Observa Science in Society

The Aesthetics Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri): From The Scientific Laboratory To An Artwork, Silvia Casini

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

This article investigates the aesthetic potential of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a medical imaging technique, both inside the laboratory and in the arts. By combining Rancière’s understanding of aesthetics with Merleau-Ponty’s notion of embodied perception, it argues that an image-generating technique conceived in the scientific field can successfully migrate into the realm of fine art, opening up new aesthetic and perceptual possibilities. Although aesthetic qualities are already present in the laboratory, they remain hidden by the necessity of reading the image-data obtained according to the interpretative framework of the medical discourse. Two paths are covered: the first goes from the …


A Functional Model Of The Aesthetic Response, Daniel Conrad 2010 Rhode Island School of Design

A Functional Model Of The Aesthetic Response, Daniel Conrad

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

In a process of somatic evolution, the brain semi-randomly generates initially-unstable neural circuits that are selectively stabilized if they succeed in making sense out of raw sensory input. The human aesthetic response serves the function of stabilizing the circuits that successfully mediate perception and interpretation, making those faculties more agile, conferring selective advantage. It is triggered by structures in art and nature that provoke the making of sense. Art is deliberate human action aimed at triggering the aesthetic response in others; thus, if successful, it serves the same function of making perception and interpretation more agile. These few principles initiate …


"I Would Write, Too, If He Would Bring Me A Pen, Ink And Paper" Katharine Evans, Sarah Chevers, And The Publication Of Pain, Emily Smith 2010 Louisiana State University

"I Would Write, Too, If He Would Bring Me A Pen, Ink And Paper" Katharine Evans, Sarah Chevers, And The Publication Of Pain, Emily Smith

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Spiritual Soverignty And The Meaning Of Marriage Mary Astell And John Milton, Paige Reynolds 2010 Louisiana State University

Spiritual Soverignty And The Meaning Of Marriage Mary Astell And John Milton, Paige Reynolds

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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"Catching At Words" Or, Why To Drop "Cartoon", Eirwen E. C. Nicholson 2010 Louisiana State University

"Catching At Words" Or, Why To Drop "Cartoon", Eirwen E. C. Nicholson

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Burke's Patriotic Self-Suggestion, Norbert Col 2010 Louisiana State University

Burke's Patriotic Self-Suggestion, Norbert Col

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Scandalous Will Or, Congreve's Liberty And Female Power, Anne F. Widmayer 2010 Louisiana State University

Scandalous Will Or, Congreve's Liberty And Female Power, Anne F. Widmayer

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Olaudah Equiano, Autobiography, And Ideas Of Culture, Sarah Brophy 2010 Louisiana State University

Olaudah Equiano, Autobiography, And Ideas Of Culture, Sarah Brophy

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Front Matter, 2010 Louisiana State University

Front Matter

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Le France De Pompignan Discovers Muscularity, Theodore E.D. Braun 2010 Louisiana State University

Le France De Pompignan Discovers Muscularity, Theodore E.D. Braun

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Can Women And Men Be Friends? Writings On Friendship In France's Ancien Regima And C.B. Fagan's Comedy L'Amitie Rivale De L'Amour, E. Joe Johnson 2010 Louisiana State University

Can Women And Men Be Friends? Writings On Friendship In France's Ancien Regima And C.B. Fagan's Comedy L'Amitie Rivale De L'Amour, E. Joe Johnson

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Did Jane Know Jack Tar? Assessing The Significance Of Austen's Other Navy, Robert G. Dryden 2010 Louisiana State University

Did Jane Know Jack Tar? Assessing The Significance Of Austen's Other Navy, Robert G. Dryden

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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The Dynamics Of Goethe's Novelle The Never-Ending Journey To Newton's Burg, Heather I. Sullivan 2010 Louisiana State University

The Dynamics Of Goethe's Novelle The Never-Ending Journey To Newton's Burg, Heather I. Sullivan

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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The Whale-Propelled Vessel And Other Leaps Of Imagination As Autobiographical Metaphors In Adelbert Von Chamisso's Travel Diary Of The 1815-1818 Romanzoff Expedition, Johann J. K. Reusch 2010 Louisiana State University

The Whale-Propelled Vessel And Other Leaps Of Imagination As Autobiographical Metaphors In Adelbert Von Chamisso's Travel Diary Of The 1815-1818 Romanzoff Expedition, Johann J. K. Reusch

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.


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