{"product_id":"aesthetics-and-the-sociology-of-art-9780367682644","title":"Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1983, \u003ci\u003eAesthetics and the Sociology of Art\u003c\/i\u003e provides a lucid account of two divergent tendencies in the study of aesthetics. At the one extreme, traditional aestheticians have assumed that art and literature are wholly independent, following only the laws and inspirations of artists and artistic movements, and that the question of aesthetic value is accordingly unproblematic. At the other extreme, some sociologists have treated works of art as no more than manifestations of the socio-economic circumstances which produce them, arguing that aesthetic value is therefore entirely relative matter. Janet Wolff shows how both the extreme positions are untenable, and argues convincingly that we must accept that the conceptions and criteria of aesthetic value are socially constructed and inevitably ideological, while stopping short of the reductionist alternative which fails to recognise the irreducible questions of pleasure and of aesthetic discourse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis boo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cb\u003e1. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Sociological Critique of Aesthetics\u003cb\u003e 2. \u003c\/b\u003eSociology versus Aesthetics\u003cb\u003e 3. \u003c\/b\u003ePolitical and Aesthetic Value \u003cb\u003e4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Nature of the Aesthetic \u003cb\u003e5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Specificity of Art \u003cb\u003e6.\u003c\/b\u003e Towards a Sociological Aesthetics \u003ci\u003eBibliography Index \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577308549463,"sku":"9780367682644","price":87.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367682644.jpg?v=1746094779","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aesthetics-and-the-sociology-of-art-9780367682644","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}