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Thinking with Images
This book advances an enactivist theory of aesthetics through the study of inscrutable artworks that challenge us to think because we do not know what to think about them. John M. Carvalho presents detailed analyses a four artworks that share this unique characteristic: Francis Bacon’s Study After Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953), the photographs of Duane Michals, based on a retrospective of his work, Storyteller, at the Carnegie Museum of Art (2014), Étant donnés (1968) by Marcel Duchamp, and Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 film Le Mépris (released in the United States as Contempt). Carvalho argues against the application of theory to derive appreciation or meaning from these...
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Liberalism, Oppression, and Empowerment
Whenever Liberalism is discussed, when the argument is made that Liberalism is rooted in the thought of certain philosophers [or is inconsistent with that of certain others], when the suggestion is made that Liberalism supports an intelligent environmentalism [or neglects environmental issues], and when the stance of Liberalism vis a vis Feminism is argued, it is necessary to remember that Liberalism has been associated with at least two distinct traditions, with quite dissimilar key teachings.
