John Dewey and the artful life
Subtitle: pragmatism, aesthetics, and morality
By: Scott R. Stroud
Series: American and European philosophy -- no. 7
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780271050072
Subjects: Art and morals
Description: "Examines the relationship between art and morality discussed in the writings of American pragmatist John Dewey. Argues that there is a clear connection between the experience of art and the project of moral cultivation"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-223) and index.
Table of contents: title: The problems of art and life; title: The value of aesthetic experience; title: Dewey on experience, value, and ends; title: Aesthetic experience and the experience of moral cultivation; title: Reflection and moral value in aesthetic experience; title: Orientational meliorism and the quest for the artful life; title: Practicing the art of living: the case of artful communication; title: Beginning to live the artful life.