Art's emotions : ethics, expression and aesthetic experience by Freeman, Damien instant download

Art's emotions : ethics, expression and aesthetic experience by Freeman, Damien instant download

x, 210 p. ; 24 cm, Art's Emotions is a reflective, thought-provoking exploration of the significance that experiencing emotion through art has upon our lives. Damien Freeman reviews and evaluates three traditional approaches to understanding artistic expression and moves on to develop a new theory of emotion that resolves key questions in aesthetics. In a novel philosophical project, Freeman also establishes the ethical importance of art in nurturing humans and helping them flourish. --amazon.com, Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index, 1. The emotional economy -- 2. Perception of emotion in the world -- 3. The varieties of emotional experience -- 4. Art and athe plenary experience of emotion -- 5. The value of art and the practice of life