Creation and the Function of Art: Techne, Poiesis and the Problem of Aesthetics

Creation and the Function of Art focuses on the relationship between techné and phusis (nature) and reinvigorates Aristotelian causation by examining deviations within logical forms, the subject, and upon phusis to better situate the role of the function in poiesis (art). It argues that art concerns a creative labor that cannot be resolved via ontological or epistemological problems but constitutes an encounter with the problematic.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 240 pages
\n Publication date: 30 May 2019
\n Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Returning to the Greek understanding of art to rethink its capacities, Creation and the Function of Art delves into the intricate relationship between techné and phusis (nature). Departing from the theoretical Platonism that currently dominates contemporary interpretations of art, this book seeks to reinvigorate Aristotelian causation. Beginning with the Greek topos and drawing insights from philosophy, pure mathematics, psychoanalysis, and biology, Jason Tuckwell re-problematizes techné in functional terms. This book examines the deviations at play within logical forms, the subject, and upon phusis to better situate the role of the function in poiesis (art). In doing so, Tuckwell argues that art concerns a genuinely creative labor that cannot be resolved via an ontological or epistemological problem but instead constitutes an encounter with the problematic. As such, techné is revealed to be a property of the living, of intelligence coupled to action, that not only enacts poiesis or art but indicates a broader role for creative deviation in nature.

Returning to the Greek understanding of art to rethink its capacities, Creation and the Function of Art delves into the intricate relationship between techné and phusis (nature). Departing from the theoretical Platonism that currently dominates contemporary interpretations of art, this book seeks to reinvigorate Aristotelian causation. Beginning with the Greek topos and drawing insights from philosophy, pure mathematics, psychoanalysis, and biology, Jason Tuckwell re-problematizes techné in functional terms. This book examines the deviations at play within logical forms, the subject, and upon phusis to better situate the role of the function in poiesis (art). In doing so, Tuckwell argues that art concerns a genuinely creative labor that cannot be resolved via an ontological or epistemological problem but instead constitutes an encounter with the problematic. As such, techné is revealed to be a property of the living, of intelligence coupled to action, that not only enacts poiesis or art but indicates a broader role for creative deviation in nature.

\n Weight: 374g\n
Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781350112605\n \n