Art as Human Practice: An Aesthetics

Review

“[This] book builds an important bridge between contemporary Continental and Anglo-American philosophy of art, as Bertram rather seamlessly discusses figures who rarely meet under the same cover … [It] should provoke thoughtful discussion on whether and/or to what extent art should be viewed in a less object-centered manner, as a reflective practice.” – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Product Description

How is art both distinct and different from the rest of human life, while also mattering in and for it? This central yet overlooked question in contemporary philosophy of art is at the heart of Georg Bertram's new aesthetic. Drawing on the resources of diverse philosophical traditions – analytic philosophy, French philosophy, and German post-Kantian philosophy – his book offers a systematic account of art as a human practice. One that remains connected to the whole of life.

About the Author

Georg W. Bertram is Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Nathan Ross is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University, USA.