Jorge J. E. Gracia 
Images of Thought [PDF ebook] 
Philosophical Interpretations of Carlos Estevez’s Art

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Explores the relationship between philosophy and art through the work of Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez.

Is philosophy hopelessly opposed to art? Images of Thought answers negatively, claiming that visual images can be used effectively to grasp complex thoughts, and philosophy can be deployed to deepen our understanding of art. Jorge J. E. Gracia provides philosophical interpretations of seventeen works by the Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez that engage such topics as self-knowledge, the nature of the universe, faith and reason, permanence and change, the self and the other, women and men, freedom and determinism, providence, and predestination. The study’s novelty lies both in its use of the interpretation of art to understand traditional philosophical problems and the theory it proposes concerning the nature of interpretation. The clarity of the discussion and an engaging style make it accessible to a wider audience.

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Table des matières

List of Illustrations

Preface

1. Art and Philosophy

2. Carlos Estévez and His Art

Part 1: Philosophical Interpretations of Est é vez ’ s Works Knowledge

3. Know Thyself

4. I Am Myself and My Circumstances

5. Everything We Know Is Numbers

6. No Man Knows the Whole Truth

7. Faith Seeks Understanding Reality

8. You Cannot Step into the Same River Twice

9. No Part of the Whole Is Empty

10. There Is No New Thing under the Sun

11. The Living Creature Is a World Order in Miniature Society

12. Negotiating Identities

13. What Then Is a Race?

14. Imagined Communities

15. I-Thou

16. Male and Female Destiny

17. The Will Does Not Desire of Necessity

18. The Very Hairs of Your Head Are All Numbered

19. God Has Predestined His Elect

Part 2: Philosophical Interpretations and Art

20. Interpretation

21. Art

22. Philosophical Interpretations of Art

Appendices
Appendix 1 Interview with Carlos Estévez
Appendix 2 Carlos Estévez’s Biographical Chronology
Appendix 3 Carlos Estévez’s Images of Thought, Exhibition Checklist

Notes
Bibliography
Index

A propos de l’auteur

Jorge J. E. Gracia is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His many books include Painting Borges: Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature; Images of Thought: Philosophical Interpretations of Carlos Estévez’s Art; and Identity, Memory, and Diaspora: Voices of Cuban-American Artists, Writers, and Philosophers, all published by SUNY Press.

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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 280 ● ISBN 9780791493854 ● Taille du fichier 35.1 MB ● Maison d’édition State University of New York Press ● Lieu Albany ● Pays US ● Publié 2010 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7665534 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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