Ellen Dissanayake

Homo Aestheticus

Where Art Comes From and Why

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Produktbeschreibung

Discusses the place of art in human evolution and in the future

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Produktdetails

• Homo Aestheticus
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780295974798
• ISBN-10: 0295974796
• Artikelnr.: 22203221

Autorenporträt

Ellen Dissanayake is an independent scholar, author, and lecturer. She is the author of What Is Art For? (University of Washington Press, 1988), Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why (Free Press and University of Washington Press (1992), and Art and Intimacy (University of Washington Press, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the 1995 Edition
Preface to the Original Edition
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Why Species-Centrism?
2. Biology and Art: The Implications of Feeling Good
3. The Core of Art: Making Special
4. Dromena, or "Things Done": Reconciling Culture and Nature
5. The Arts as Means of Enhancement
6. "Empathy Theory" Reconsidered: The Psychobiology of Aesthetic Responses
7. Does Writing Erase Art?
Notes
References
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Credits