"Beyond Aesthetics brings together philosophical essays addressing art and related issues by one of the foremost philosophers of art at work today. Countering conventional aesthetic theories - those maintaining that authorial intention, art history, morality, and emotional responses are irrelevant to the experience of art - Noel Carroll argues for a more pluralistic and commonsensical view in which all of these factors can play a legitimate role in our encounter with artworks. Throughout, the book combines philosophical theorizing with illustrative examples including works of high culture and the avant-garde, as well as works of popular culture, jokes, horror novels, and suspense films."--Jacket Foreword Peter Kivy -- pt. I Beyond Aesthetics Art and Interaction Beauty and the Genealogy of Art Theory Four Concepts of Aesthetic Experience -- pt. II Art, History, and Narrative Art, Practice, and Narrative Identifying Art Historical Narratives and the Philosophy of Art On the Narrative Connection Interpretation, History, and Narrative -- pt. III Interpretation and Intention Art, Intention, and Conversation Anglo-American Aesthetics and Contemporary Criticism: Intention and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion The Intentional Fallacy: Defending Myself Interpretation and Intention: The Debate between Hypothetical and Actual Intentionalism -- pt. IV Art, Emotion, and Morality Art, Narrative, and Emotion Horror and Humor
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