02741namaa2200481uu 4500 doab94350 oapen 20260305123953.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 221130s2022 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9780367520441 9780367520458 9781003056133 9781003056133 10.4324/9781003056133 doi oapen oapen eng dc NH bicssc NHB bicssc NHTB bicssc Korte, Barbara edt Travel, Writing and the Media Contemporary and Historical Perspectives Taylor & Francis 2022 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star Is the celebrated elegance of Cycladic marble figurines an effect their Early Bronze Age producers intended? Can one adequately appreciate an Assyrian regal statue described by a cuneiform inscription as beautiful? What to make of the apparent aesthetic richness of the traditional cultures of Melanesia, which, however, engage in virtually no recognizable aesthetic discourse? Questions such as these have been formulated and discussed by scholars of remote cultures against the backdrop of a general scepticism about the prospects of escaping the conditioning of one's own aesthetic culture and attuning to the norms of a remote one. This book makes a radical move: it treats the remote observers lack of aesthetic insight not as a hindrance to aesthetic analysis, but as a condition requiring an aesthetic theory that would make room for an aesthetic analysis independent of the model of competent aesthetic judgement or appreciation. Objects of Authority represents a rare effort at bringing together methods and concepts that are often addressed by separate disciplines. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students working on philosophical, art-historical, and anthropological theories of visual art and material culture. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English General and world history bicssc History bicssc Social and cultural history bicssc writing; media; history Korte, Barbara oth Sennefelder, Anna Karina edt Sennefelder, Anna Karina oth DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94350 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 93210 93210