Kant after Duchamp
Thierry de Duve
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Kant after Duchamp
Published
1996
Publisher
MIT Press
Pages
484
ISBN-10
0262041510
Description
Kant after Duchamp brings together eight essays around a central thesis with many implications for the history of avant-gardes. Marcel Duchamp, Thierry de Duve observes, made the logic of modernist art practice the subject matter of his work, a shift in aesthetic judgment that replaced the classical "this is beautiful" with "this is art." De Duve employs this shift (replacing the word "beauty" by the word "art") in a rereading of Kant's Critique of Judgment that reveals the hidden links between the radical experiments of Duchamp and the Dadaists and mainstream pictorial modernism. The essays, all updated for this book, are divided into four parts. Part I revolves around Duchamp's famous/infamous Fountain. Part II explores Duchamp's passage from painting to the readymades, from art in particular to art in general. Part III looks at the aesthetic and ethical consequences of the replacement of "beauty" with "art" in Kant's Critique of Judgment. Finally, part IV attempts to reconstruct an "archaeology" of modernism that paves the way for a renewed understanding of our postmodern condition.
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How many pages are in Kant after Duchamp?
This edition of Kant after Duchamp has approximately 484 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Kant after Duchamp typically takes between 10h 5m and 6h 43m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 121,000 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of Kant after Duchamp?
Kant after Duchamp was written by Thierry de Duve.
When was Kant after Duchamp published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 1996. The original work may have been published on a different date.