Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art

by Janet Wolff

Book Overview

First published in 1983, Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art provides a lucid account of two divergent tendencies in the study of aesthetics. At the one extreme, traditional aestheticians have assumed that art and literature are wholly independent, following only the laws and inspirations of artists and artistic movements, and that the question of aesthetic value is accordingly unproblematic. At the other extreme, some sociologists have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367677539
• ISBN13: 9780367677534
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"