Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Types of Interpretation in the Aesthetic Disciplines

Types of Interpretation in the Aesthetic Disciplines

Carlshamre, Staffan
Anders Pettersson

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0773525718
ISBN13: 9780773525719
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Apr 23 2004
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Types of Interpretation in the Aesthetic Disciplines begins from the observation that interpretation, even the special kind represented by interpretation of the arts, is not a homogeneous activity. The many different types of such interpretation vary with respect to objectives and criteria of adequacy and attempts to explain art interpretation in terms of a single, unified logic are therefore bound to fail.

Five Swedish scholars and theorists from different disciplines - literary studies, philosophy, and art history - discuss the multiplicity of principles of interpretation and provide a descriptive analysis of the concept of interpretation itself that clarifies the main features of the rationale underlying the interpretation of literature and the arts. Their discussion provides a much-needed bridge between analytical aesthetics and theoretical discussion within the individual aesthetic disciplines. The introduction and concluding remarks by the editors provide both a frame for discussion of the issues and a historical perspective on the debates about interpretation.

Contributors include Staffan Carlshamre (Stockholm University), Margaretha Rossholm Lagerlöf (Stockholm University), Anders Pettersson (Umeå University), Torsten Pettersson (Uppsala University), and Göran Rossholm (Stockholm University).

Also in

Philosophy

View All