Tanke, Joseph J.

Foucault's philosophy of art : a genealogy of modernity / Joseph J. Tanke. - London : Continuum, 2009. - xvi, 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Philosophy, aesthetics and cultural theory. . - Philosophy, aesthetics and cultural theory (PACT) (UK). .

Includes bibliography (p.211-214) and index.

The stirrings of modernity - Rupture - Nonaffirmative painting - Anti-Platonism - The cynical legacy.

On the basis of unpublished lecture courses and untranslated analyses of visual art, Tanke reveals the uniquely genealogical character of Foucault's writings on visual culture, allowing for new readings of his major texts in the context of contemporary Continental philosophy, aesthetic and cultural theory.

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Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.


Art--Philosophy.

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