Research Catalog

Title

Images of thought : philosophical interpretations of Carlos Estévez's art / Jorge J.E. Gracia.

Author

Gracia, Jorge J. E.

Publication

Albany : SUNY Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Details

Description

xvi, 264 pages, xvii leaves of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Is philosophy hopelessly opposed to art? Images of Thought answers negatively, claiming that visual images can be used effectively to grasp complex thoughts, and philosophy can be deployed to deepen our understanding of art. Jorge J. E. Gracia provides philosophical interpretations of seventeen works by the Cuban American artist Carlos Estevez that engage such topics as self-knowledge, the nature of the universe, faith and reason, permanence and change, the self and the other, women and men, freedom and determinism, providence, and predestination. The study's novelty lies both in its use of the interpretation of art to understand traditional philosophical problems and the theory it proposes concerning the nature of interpretation. The clarity of the discussion and an engaging style make it accessible to a wider audience."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture

Uniform Title

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture.

Subject

• Estévez, Carlos, 1969- > Criticism and interpretation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-254) and index.

Contents

1. Art and Philosophy -- 2. Carlos Estevez and His Art -- Pt. 1. Philosophical Interpretations of Estevez's Works Knowledge -- 3. Know Thyself -- 4. I Am Myself and My Circumstances -- 5. Everything We Know Is Numbers -- 6. No Man Knows the Whole Truth -- 7. Faith Seeks Understanding Reality -- 8. You Cannot Step into the Same River Twice -- 9. No Part of the Whole Is Empty -- 10. There Is No New Thing under the Sun -- 11. The Living Creature Is a World Order in Miniature Society -- 12. Negotiating Identities -- 13. What Then Is a Race? -- 14. Imagined Communities -- 15. I-Thou -- 16. Male and Female Destiny -- 17. The Will Does Not Desire of Necessity -- 18. The Very Hairs of Your Head Are All Numbered -- 19. God Has Predestined His Elect -- Pt. 2. Philosophical Interpretations and Art -- 20. Interpretation -- 21. Art -- 22. Philosophical Interpretations of Art -- Appendix 1. Interview with Carlos Estevez -- Appendix 2. Carlos Estevez's Biographical Chronology -- Appendix 3. Carlos Estevez's Images of Thought, Exhibition Checklist.

ISBN

• 9780791493793 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0791493792 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780791493809 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0791493806 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008028300
• 40016513656

OCLC

• ocn233697349
• 233697349
• SCSB-5462344

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries