A Shoe Story: Van Gogh, the Philosophers and the West

Name: A Shoe Story: Van Gogh, the Philosophers and the West
Brand: Harbour Books (East) Ltd
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By Lesley Chamberlain

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In A Shoe Story Lesley Chamberlain walks in the footsteps of van Gogh and then in those of Martin Heidegger to tell a remarkable story of the revolution in 20th century art. Van Gogh's Boots with Laces inspires a meditation on how we are material creatures in a material world, and how art can show us the conditions of our existence. Lesley Chamberlain engages with charm and skill in a polemic over aesthetic value and humanist belief, and sees a fundamental division opening up between traditional humanism and Heidegger's legacy to the postmodern world. This is an engrossing work of cultural history.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 272
Release Date:: 2014-05-01
Publication Date:: 2014-05-01
Publisher:: Harbour Books (East) Ltd
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 190512824X
ISBN13:: 9781905128242
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 1050 g

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