Free Downloads Chaos, Territory, Art: Deleuze And The Framing Of The Earth (The Wellek Library Lectures)
Instead of treating art as a unique creation that requires reason and refined taste to appreciate, Elizabeth Grosz argues that art-especially architecture, music, and painting-is born from the disruptive forces of sexual selection. She approaches art as a form of erotic expression connecting sensory richness with primal desire, and in doing so, finds that the meaning of art comes from the intensities and sensations it inspires, not just its intention and aesthetic.By regarding our most cultured human accomplishments as the result of the excessive, nonfunctional forces of sexual attraction and seduction, Grosz encourages us to see art as a kind of bodily enhancement or mode of sensation enabling living bodies to experience and transform the universe. Art can be understood as a way for bodies to augment themselves and their capacity for perception and affection-a way to grow and evolve through sensation. Through this framework, which knits together the theories of Charles Darwin, Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, and Jakob von Uexküll, we are able to grasp art's deep animal lineage. Grosz argues that art is not tied to the predictable and known but to new futures not contained in the present. Its animal affiliations ensure that art is intensely political and charged with the creation of new worlds and new forms of living. According to Grosz, art is the way in which life experiments with materiality, or nature, in order to bring about change.
Series: The Wellek Library Lectures
Hardcover: 136 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (May 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0231145187
ISBN-13: 978-0231145183
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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I actually like great big swaths of this book. Some great lines. But I know there are others who would say "she's wrong" with her take. But I am skeptical of those folks too. I like this, but would say read with care for first sources!
I got the Kindle version which is flawless. A great read. Grosz's attempt to define art is heroic. If you truly care about what you see, what, you listen to, what you feel, what you smell, what you taste. I mean, if you really care. Get it. But I do recommend the Kindle version. Although it may seem a little overpriced considering it is a short book, it's something you won't even consider upon finishing it. Footnotes work great with the most recent Kindle Paperwhite software update.
An outstanding foundational text, providing a wealth of entry points into feminist philosophy interlaced through art theory and the underpinning rituals necessary for the enrichment of sustainable communities of practice. Art and music are at the core of our very being and I feel that this short, however worhty resource lightens the journey in many ways.
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