Offering a negative definition of art in relation to the concept of culture, this book establishes the concept of 'art/culture' to describe the unity of these two fields around named-labour, idealised creative subjectivity and surplus signification.
China On Video is the first in-depth study that examines smaller-screen realities and the important role they play not only in the fast-changing Chinese mediascape, but also more broadly in the practice of experimental and non-mainstream cinema.
This book argues that Kant develops a theory of perception in the Critique of Judgment from which one can redefine his entire project, viewing and using aesthetics as its backbone, from the transcendental aesthetic of the First Critique to the Critique of Taste in the Third.
The end of the eighteenth century saw the start of a new craze in Europe: tiny portraits of single eyes that were exchanged by lovers or family members.
In The Scientist and the Forger: Probing a Turbulent Art World the author draws upon an enthralling range of case studies, from Botticelli to Leonardo, Campendonk to Pollock and Chagall to Freud, equipping the reader with a holistic understanding of an art world shaped by fast-moving trends, and increasingly permeated by science.
America's preeminent First Amendment lawyer speaks out on the most controversial free-speech issues of our time Since 1971, when the Pentagon Papers were leaked to the New York Times and furious debate over First Amendment rights ensued, free-speech cases have emerged in rapid succession.
In this lively, personal book, Robert Scholes intervenes in ongoing discussions about modernism in the arts during the crucial half-century from 1895 to 1945.
This book introduces art projects that resulted from unconventional explorations, curious experiments and their creative translations into sensorial experiences.
Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies.
Georg Simmel is one of the most original German thinkers of the twentieth century and is considered a founding architect of the modern discipline of sociology.
This companion volume to The Fold-O-Rama Wars at the Blue Moon Roach Hotel centers around outsiders, artists, and freaks (be they natural-born or self-made); three of the stories are interconnected, but they're also designed to stand alone.
The UN's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for 'Zero Hunger' has refocused attention on hunger and malnutrition as major challenges for the 21st century and as essential desired goals for human development.
By the Antebellum period, rice had dominated the local economic, political, and social patterns of South Carolina's Lowcountry for nearly two hundred years.
This unique volume gives insight into the science of slaughter with in-depth discussion of neural communication and the welfare aspects of pre-slaughter handling and slaughter of livestock.
A bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and their usesArt history is often viewed through cultural or national lenses that define some works as fine art while relegating others to the category of craft.
Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) fährt Auto, erkennt Krebs und sucht Bewerber*innen aus – und das teilweise besser, schneller und sicherer als jeder Mensch.
The scientific literature has been showing that the teaching of controversial topics constitutes one of the most powerful tools for the promotion of active citizenship, the development and acquisition of critical-reflective thinking skills (Misco, 2013), and education for democratic citizenship (Pollak, Segal, Lefstein, and Meshulam, 2017; Misco and Lee, 2014).
The objective of publishing this book is to let the general public have a better understanding of the food security situation in China and better comprehension of the merit of allocating land through market mechanism.
Aus kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Perspektive beleuchtet Steffen Krügers Werkbiografie Ernst Kris' Interesse an Fragen der Propaganda und Persuasion.
A cultural revolution in England, France, and the United States beginning during the time of the industrial and political revolutions helped usher in modernity.
One of the most important avant-garde movements of postwar Paris was Lettrism, which crucially built an interest in the relationship between writing and image into projects in poetry, painting, and especially cinema.
Par son double statut de muse et de créatrice, la femme surréaliste occupe une place essentielle dans la représentation artistique surréaliste en assurant la résolution de l'opposition du sujet à l'objet.
Si chaque individu possède une préhistoire individuelle et collective dont il ignore les contenus, Freud ne nie pas la liberté de l'individu, et l'objectif de la psychanalyse est de la lui rendre.
Au croisement des sciences humaines et sociales et des avancées scientifiques, les auteurs explorent - de la vue et l'ouïe au toucher, au goût et à l'odorat et dans une pluralité d'arts et de cultures- les notions relatives aux aspects cognitifs et affectifs de l'émotion esthétique.
Depuis 1990, de nombreux néologismes sont apparus pour rendre compte du phénomène d'intrication généralisée des médias artistiques qui caractérise l'imaginaire moderne et postmoderne.
Ce livre traite des problèmes contemporains tels que la permanence de la vulnérabilité sociale, la violence politique, le pouvoir de l'argent et la corruption notoire, à travers la chanson camerounaise.
D'après l'auteur, l'avenir de la christianisation de l'Afrique, notamment dans le bassin du Congo, ne réside pas dans l'acculturation, donc l'éradication des pratiques religieuses authentiques africaines, mais dans l'inculturation, c'est-à-dire l'africanisation notamment de la musique chrétienne pour permettre au christianisé de se sentir chez soi avec son Dieu.
Le débat est continu sur la question de la primauté du texte par rapport à la musique et sur une difficile entente entre le librettiste et le musicien.
Voici des pistes de réflexions sur les façons de collectionner les savoirs et savoir-faire en lettres, langues, histoire et arts, ainsi que sur les visées de leur réinvestissement tant dans les formations humanistes que dans les activités professionnelles, à l'époque où les moyens informatiques sont en pleine explosion.
