[PDF] Critical communities and aesthetic practices : dialogues with Tony O’Connor on society, art, and friendship

“Critical Communities and Aesthetic Practices” brings together eminent international philosophers to discuss the inter-dependence of critical communities and aesthetic practices. Their contributions share a hermeneutical commitment to dialogue, both as a model for critique and as a generator of community. Two conclusions emerge: The first is that one’s relationships with others will always be central in determining the social, political, and artistic forms that philosophical self-reflection will take. The second is that our practices of aesthetic judgment are bound up with our effort. Read more…
Abstract: This publication brings together eminent philosophers to discuss the inter-dependence of critical communities and aesthetic practices. The contributions share a hermeneutical commitment to dialogue as both a model for critique and as a generator of community. Read more…