Aesthetics and anthropology: cogitations

by Elhaik, Tarek

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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:1 online resource : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781003103318, 1003103316, 1000213560, 9781000212679, 100021267X, 9781000210996, 1000210995, 9781000213560
DOI:10.4324/9781003103318
oclc:on1263250376
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 criticism Art et anthropologie Averroës Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General