Aesthetics and anthropology: cogitations

by Elhaik, Tarek

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Title Statements

Full title :Aesthetics and anthropology : cogitations / Tarek Elhaik.

Summary

"This book focuses on the reconfiguration of aesthetic anthropology into an anthropological problem of cogitation, opening up a fascinating new dialogue between the domains of anthropology, philosophy, and art. Tarek Elhaik embarks on an inquiry composed of a series of cogitations based on fieldwork in an ecology of artistic and scientific practices: from conceptual art exhibitions to architectural environments; from photographic montages to the videotaping of spirit seances; from artistic interventions in natural history museums to ongoing dialogues between performance artists and marine scientists. The chapters examine the image-work, ethical demands, and aesthetic struggles of interlocuters including artists Mathias Goeritz, Mounir Fatmi, Silvia Gruner, Joan Jonas, and Patricia Lagarde"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2022

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2022

The Physical Object

Description:xxix, 137 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781350168824, 1350168823, 9781032135311, 103213531X
oclc:on1263248680
LC Classification:N72.A56
Dewey Decimal:701/.03

Prelude: The cogitator/anthropology as Averroism -- The art of cogitation -- Mathias Goeritz/concrete abstractions -- Silvia Gruner/desperate playfulness -- Mounir Fatmi/cerebral compositions -- Patricia Lagarde/a naturalist's blues -- Marine cogitations.

Subjects

Aesthetics Anthropologie -- Philosophie Anthropology -- Philosophy Art and anthropology Art et anthropologie Averroës Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)