num_pages: 224
description: The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and above all by the disenchantment of the world. Max Webers statement remains a dominant interpretation of the modern the increasing capabilities of knowledge and science have banished mysteries leaving a world that can be mastered technically and intellectually. And though this idea seems empowering many people have become disenchanted with modern disenchantment. Using intimate encounters with works of art to explore disenchantment and the possibilities of re-enchantment Arts of Wonder addresses questions about the nature of humanity the world and God in the wake of Webers diagnosis of modernity. Jeffrey L. Kosky focuses on a handful of artistsWalter De Maria Diller  Scofidio James Turrell and Andy Goldsworthyto show how they introduce spaces hospitable to mystery and wonder redemption and revelation and transcendence and creation. What might be thought of as religious longings he argues are crucial aspects of enchanting secularity when developed through encounters with these works of art. Developing a model of religion that might be significant to secular culture Kosky shows how this model can be employed to deepen interpretation of the art we usually view as representing secular modernity. A thoughtful dialogue between philosophy and art Arts of Wonder will catch the eye of readers of art and religion philosophy of religion and art criticism.
language: English
title: Arts of Wonder: Enchanting Secularity - Walter De Maria, Diller + Scofidio, James Turrell, Andy Goldsworthy
publisher: University of Chicago Press