Thinking Art (Paperback, 2009)

The Nature of Art: Classical Answers to the Question "What Is Art?".- Introduction: What Is Philosophy of Art?.- The Nature of Art: Classical Answers to the Question "What Is Art?".- The Imitation Theory.- Expression Theories.- Formalism.- Art as a Synthesis of Form and Expression.- Aesthetic Judgment: The Legacy of Kant.- Art in a Historical and Social Perspective.- 'The End of Art': The Contemporary Interest in Hegel.- Art and Society: A Neomarxist Perspective.- The Language of Art: From Phenomenology to Poststructuralism.- The Phenomenological Perspective.- The Modern Version of Formalism: The Semiotic Point of View.- The Post-structuralist Perspective.- Epilogue.