Art as Dialogue: Essays in Phenomenology or Aesthetic Experience: No.51 (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, No.51)

Book Details:

• Author: Biswas, Goutam
• Brand: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
• Edition: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of Pages: 170
• Release Date: 01-Dec-1996
• EAN: 9788124600436
• Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Languages: English

About the Book:

This book presents a fresh and original approach to understanding the concept of aesthetic experience. It challenges the traditional model that separates the creator, beholder, and object of art, instead proposing a dialogical model where the subject and object engage in a dynamic relationship. The author critiques epistemological and ontological methods that rely on a strict subject-object divide and instead introduces a methodology where art is experienced as a dialogue (I and Thou) rather than a mere observation.

The book explores various philosophical perspectives, drawing from Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Modern Indian Philosophy, including the works of Martin Buber, Michael Polanyi, Rabindranath Tagore, and S. Radhakrishnan. It discusses how the principle of relationship rather than substance defines aesthetic experience and incorporates pre-linguistic, linguistic, and trans-linguistic phases of human interaction with art.

This thought-provoking study is valuable for scholars and students interested in aesthetics, philosophy, and the phenomenology of art.