| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
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20151231 NP |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Good? But what is good? Ethics after Ikonnikov -- Our brother's keepers : moral witness -- Angelus novus : the angel of history -- Infidels and miscreants : love and war in Afghanistan -- Trouble makers : Laura Poitras and the problem of dissent -- The silage of history : Anselm Kiefer and the Kieferworld -- Footfall : the moral economy of Reinhard Mucha -- Tony Blair's Vietnam : the Iraq War and the special relationship -- Accomplicity : Britain, torture and terror -- Mending the world : artists' manifestos -- The hallowed mentor : Cezanne by numbers -- The vacuity of evil : Rumsfeld in Washington. |
| Summary |
How can works of the imagination help us to understand good and evil in the modern world? In this new collection of essays, Alex Danchev treats the artist as a crucial moral witness of our troubled times, and puts art to work in the service of political and ethical inquiry. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arts and morals.
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Arts and morals. |
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Good and evil in art.
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Good and evil in art. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781474410335 (electronic book) |
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1474410332 (electronic book) |
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9781474410328 (electronic book) |
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1474410324 (electronic book) |
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9781474410311 |
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1474410316 |
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