The Primitive, the Aesthetic, and the Savage An Enlightenment Problematic |
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| Author:
| Brown, Tony C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-7563-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $51.95 |
Book Description:
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Tony C. Brown examines "the inescapable yet infinitely troubling figure of the not-quite-nothing" in Enlightenment attempts to think about the aesthetic and the savage. The various texts Brown considers--including the writings of Addison, Rousseau, Kant, and Defoe--turn to exotic figures in order to delimit the aesthetic, and to aesthetics in order to comprehend the savage.
Tony C. Brown examines "the inescapable yet infinitely troubling figure of the not-quite-nothing" in Enlightenment attempts to think about the aesthetic and the savage. The various texts Brown considers--including the writings of Addison, Rousseau, Kant, and Defoe--turn to exotic figures in order to delimit the aesthetic, and to aesthetics in order to comprehend the savage.