Contents
Preface = xi
Introduction: The Rise of Philosophical Art Criticism = 1
Chapter 1. In the Beginning Was Formalism = 17
Chapter 2. The Structuralist Adventure = 33
Chapter 3. The Historicist, Antiessentialist Definition of Art = 55
Chapter 4. Resentment and Its Discontents = 71
Chapter 5. The Deconstruction of Structuralism = 87
Afterword: The Fate of Philosophical Art Criticism = 111
Index = 123
Preface = xi
Introduction: The Rise of Philosophical Art Criticism = 1
Chapter 1. In the Beginning Was Formalism = 17
Chapter 2. The Structuralist Adventure = 33
Chapter 3. The Historicist, Antiessentialist Definition of Art = 55
Chapter 4. Resentment and Its Discontents = 71
Chapter 5. The Deconstruction of Structuralism = 87
Afterword: The Fate of Philosophical Art Criticism = 111
Index = 123