{"product_id":"philosophy-of-the-performing-arts-9781405188036","title":"Philosophy of the Performing Arts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Performing Arts provides an accessible, yet sophisticated, introduction to the philosophical issues concerning the artistic performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a remarkable and remarkably useful book, and for much the same reason … The other result is that professionals in the philosophy of art will have to rise to the challenge. Davies has set the bar very high.”  (\u003ci\u003eOxford Journals Clippings\u003c\/i\u003e, 4 May 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \"Philosophy of the Performing Arts is a careful and detailed study in analytic philosophical aesthetics ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professional\/practitioners.\" (Choice, 1 January 2012)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Performance and the Classical Paradigm \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Nature of Artistic Performance 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What is a Performance? 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Institutional Theories of Artistic Performance 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Aesthetic Theories of Artistic Performance 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Artistic Performance and Artistic Regard 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Overview 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Classical Paradigm I: The Nature of the Performable Work 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Berthold and Magda Go to the Symphony 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Multiple Nature of Performable Works 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Performable Works as Types 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Varieties of Type Theories: Sonicism, Instrumentalism, and Contextualism 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Other Theories of the Performable Work 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Classical Paradigm II: Appreciating Performable Works in Performance 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Talking Appreciatively about Performable Works 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Can Performable Works Share Artistic Properties with Their Performances? 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Goodman Argument 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Answering the Goodman Argument 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Authenticity in Musical Performance 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Authenticity in the Arts 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Three Notions of Historically Authentic Performance 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Challenges to the Classical Paradigm in Music 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: The Classical Paradigm in the Performing Arts 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Scope of the Paradigm in Classical Music 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Jazz, Rock, and the Classical Paradigm 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Non-Western Music and the Classical Paradigm 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Scope of the Classical Paradigm: Theater, Dance, and Literature 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Berthold and Magda Go to the Theater 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Theatrical Performances and Performable Works 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Challenges to the Classical Paradigm in Theater 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Dance and the Classical Paradigm 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Novel as Performable Work? 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Performance as Art \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Performances as Artworks 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Spontaneous Performance in the Arts 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Artistic Status of Performances Outside the Classical Paradigm 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Artistic Status of Performances Within the Classical Paradigm 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Elements of Performance I: Improvisation and Rehearsal 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Nature of Improvisation 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Improvisation and Performable Works: Three Models 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Improvisation and Recording 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Place of Rehearsal in the Performing Arts 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Elements of Performance II: Audience and Embodiment 172\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Can There Be Artistic Performance Without an Audience? 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Audience Response 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Embodied Performer and the Mirroring Receiver 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Performance Art and the Performing Arts 200\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Some Puzzling Cases 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 What is Performance Art? 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 When Do Works of Performance Art Involve Artistic Performances? 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Performance as Art: A Final Case 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 226\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407919948119,"sku":"9781405188036","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405188036.jpg?v=1730500959","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosophy-of-the-performing-arts-9781405188036","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}