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- catalog abstract "Directly following the internationally acclaimed Art & Discontent, Thomas McEvilley argues in Art & Otherness for an advanced anthropological perspective that contravenes conventional thinking in the visual arts, and leads to a concept of artistic globalization. The description of Western culture as superior and in opposition to other cultures of the world preoccupied our aesthetic philosophy for at least 200 years, whether or not explicitly stated. That argument was undertaken in various guises, especially as the historical determinism of Hegel which proposed to quantify human "progress." Recently, however, the term "multiculturalism" has come to signify a post-Modern understanding of how visual arts transgress artificial boundaries, and of how there may now exist, perhaps for the first time in history, a post-colonial globalism in the arts freed of ethnocentric value judgements. In these ten crucial essays, McEvilley clarifies how the presentation of art can determine its reception, how "influence" can be bi-directional, how "otherness" serves to define "self," and how art need not necessarily lose its meaningfulness when stripped of badges of universality. Once again illustrating his argument by drawing upon an array of sources and cultures, Thomas McEvilley demonstrates that the post-Modern crisis in cultural identity demands an imaginative, integrating response.".
- catalog alternative "Art and otherness.".
- catalog alternative "Cultural identity.".
- catalog contributor b3752064.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Directly following the internationally acclaimed Art & Discontent, Thomas McEvilley argues in Art & Otherness for an advanced anthropological perspective that contravenes conventional thinking in the visual arts, and leads to a concept of artistic globalization. The description of Western culture as superior and in opposition to other cultures of the world preoccupied our aesthetic philosophy for at least 200 years, whether or not explicitly stated. That argument was undertaken in various guises, especially as the historical determinism of Hegel which proposed to quantify human "progress." Recently, however, the term "multiculturalism" has come to signify a post-Modern understanding of how visual arts transgress artificial boundaries, and of how there may now exist, perhaps for the first time in history, a post-colonial globalism in the arts freed of ethnocentric value judgements. In these ten crucial essays, McEvilley clarifies how the presentation of art can determine its reception, how "influence" can be bi-directional, how "otherness" serves to define "self," and how art need not necessarily lose its meaningfulness when stripped of badges of universality. Once again illustrating his argument by drawing upon an array of sources and cultures, Thomas McEvilley demonstrates that the post-Modern crisis in cultural identity demands an imaginative, integrating response.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Revaluing the value judgment -- Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief -- Opening the trap -- Exhibitions, real and imaginary -- The selfhood of the other -- The common air -- One culture of many cultures -- A time to choose -- The romance : a paradox -- The globas issue -- ART/artifact.".
- catalog extent "174 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Art & otherness.".
- catalog identifier "0929701216 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Art & otherness.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Kingston, NY : Documentext/McPherson,".
- catalog relation "Art & otherness.".
- catalog subject "701/.1 20".
- catalog subject "Aesthetics, Modern 20th century.".
- catalog subject "BH39 .M4344 1992".
- catalog subject "Difference (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Multiculturalism".
- catalog tableOfContents "Revaluing the value judgment -- Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief -- Opening the trap -- Exhibitions, real and imaginary -- The selfhood of the other -- The common air -- One culture of many cultures -- A time to choose -- The romance : a paradox -- The globas issue -- ART/artifact.".
- catalog title "Art & otherness : crisis in cultural identity / Thomas McEvilley.".
- catalog title "Art and otherness.".
- catalog title "Cultural identity.".
- catalog type "text".