Art Rethought
The Social Practices of Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10697175 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bryan Parkhurst (Oberlin College, corresponding author), Bryan J Parkhurst |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 130-140 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00318108-4230117 |
| OpenAlex | W2792422065 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Book Review| January 01 2018 Art Rethought: The Social Practices of ArtBook reviewssBook reviews Wolterstorff, Nicholas, Art Rethought: The Social Practices of Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 325 pp. Bryan J. Parkhurst Bryan J. Parkhurst Oberlin College and Conservatory Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2018) 127 (1): 130–140. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-4230117 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Bryan J. Parkhurst; Art Rethought: The Social Practices of ArtBook reviewssBook reviews. The Philosophical Review 1 January 2018; 127 (1): 130–140. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-4230117 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsThe Philosophical Review Search Advanced Search As is known to readers of his numerous books on numerous topics, Nicholas Wolterstorff possesses great depth of knowledge and great breadth of interest. At times those two virtues get the better of him in his most recent book, Art Rethought: The Social Practices of Art. Although the book has an approachably down-to-earth prose style suitable for the general public, any reader, lay or academic, will need some sitzfleisch to get through its numerous and sometimes unaccountable digressions, its surfeit of reportage on secondary literature, and—it must be said—its occasionally drawn-out and unsupple interpretive readings of artworks. Don't get me wrong: Art Rethought is obviously the product of a fecund philosophical mind. I imagine Wolterstorff must be a philosopher to whom arguments, definitions, illustrative examples, and quotations occur effortlessly, someone who writes philosophy “in the way that a silkworm produces silk, as the... © 2018 by Cornell University2018 You do not currently have access to this content
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |