Drawing the Line
What to Do with the Work of Immoral Artists from Museums to the Movies
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 25 March 2025
- ISBN 9780197798126
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages184 pages
- Size 179x129x10 mm
- Weight 168 g
- Language English 590
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Short description:
To an unprecedented extent, in the wake of the
MoreLong description:
metoo movement and, some say, due to an exaggerated "cancel culture" that proliferates online, consumers of art--from literature to film to painting--are eager to dismiss the work of immoral artists. But can we ever separate the art from the artist? In Drawing the Line, philosopher Erich Hatala Matthes offers insight into this conundrum by arguing that it doesn't matter whether we can separate the art from the artist, because we shouldn't. Taking both art and morality seriously requires grappling with them together. Recognizing the moral and aesthetic relationships between art and artist is essential to determining when and where we should draw the line when good artists do bad things.
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Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Do Immoral Artists Make Worse Art?
Chapter 2 - Is It Wrong to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists?
Chapter 3 - Should Immoral Artists Be Canceled?
Chapter 4 - How Should We Feel about Immoral Artists?
Conclusion
