{"product_id":"art-and-the-human-adventure-9789042027497","title":"Art and the Human Adventure","description":"André Malraux was a major figure in French intellectual life in the twentieth century. A key component of his thought is his theory of art which presents a series of fundamental challenges to traditional explanations of the nature and purpose of art developed by post-Enlightenment aesthetics. For Malraux, art – whether visual art, literature or music – is much more than a locus of beauty or a source of “aesthetic pleasure”; it is one of the ways humanity defends itself against its fundamental sense of meaninglessness – one of the ways the “human adventure” is affirmed. \u003cbr\u003eHere for the first time is a comprehensive, step by step exposition, supported by illustrations, of Malraux’s theory of art as presented in major works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Voices of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Metamorphosis of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e. Suitable for both newcomers to Malraux and more advanced students, the study also examines critical responses to these works by figures such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Maurice Blanchot, Pierre Bourdieu, and E. H. Gombrich, and compares Malraux’s thinking with aspects of contemporary Anglo-American aesthetics. The study reveals that an account of art which Gombrich once dismissed as “sophisticated double-talk” is in reality a thoroughly coherent and highly enlightening system of thought, with revolutionary implications for the way we think about art.","brand":"Derek Allan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48269143900411,"sku":"9789042027497","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_9589624a-0f7b-492e-a6ef-f99ec29978ba.jpg?v=1773717116","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/art-and-the-human-adventure-9789042027497","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}