How Long to Read The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art by Henry W. Pickford

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Description

Holocaust artworks intuitively must fulfill at least two criteria: artistic (lest they be merely historical documents) and historical (lest they distort the Holocaust or become merely artworks). The Sense of Semblance locates this problematic within philosophical aesthetics, as a version of the conflict between aesthetic autonomy and heteronomy, and argues that Adorno's dialectic of aesthetic semblance describes the normative demand that artworks maintain a dynamic tension between the two. The Sense of Semblance aims to move beyond familiar debates surrounding postmodernism by demonstrating the usefulness of contemporary theories of meaning and understanding, including those from the analytic tradition. Pickford shows how the causal theory of names, the philosophy of tacit knowledge, the analytic philosophy of quotation, Sartre's theory of the imaginary, the epistemology of testimony, and Walter Benjamin's dialectical image can help explicate how individual artworks fulfill artistic and historical desiderata. In close readings of Celan's poetry, Holocaust memorials in Berlin, the quotational artist Heimrad Backer, Claude Lanzmann's film Shoah, and Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus, Pickford offers interpretations that, in their precision, specificity, and clarity, inaugurate a dialogue between contemporary analytic philosophy and contemporary art. The Sense of Semblance is the first book to incorporate contemporary analytic philosophy in interpretations of art and architecture, literature, and film about the Holocaust.

How long is The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art?

The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art by Henry W. Pickford is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art aloud.

What Reading Level is The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art?

The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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