TY - BOOK ID - 3428634 TI - Art and Identity AU - Roald, Tone AU - Lang, Johannes PY - 2013 VL - 32 SN - 9789042036345 9042036346 9789401209045 9401209049 1322244820 PB - Amsterdam DB - UniCat KW - Artists KW - Artistes KW - Psychology. KW - Psychologie KW - Artists -- Psychology. KW - Couples -- Psychology. KW - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.). KW - Philosophy KW - Visual Arts KW - Art, Architecture & Applied Arts KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Aesthetics KW - Visual Arts - General KW - Psychology KW - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Identity (Psychology) in art. KW - Creative ability in art KW - Creative ability in literature KW - Art KW - Imagination KW - Inspiration KW - Literature KW - Creative ability KW - Originality UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3428634 AB - Art has the capacity to shape and alter our identities. It can influence who and what we are. Those who have had aesthetic experiences know this intimately, and yet the study of art’s impact on the mind struggles to be recognized as a centrally important field within the discipline of psychology. The main thesis of Art and Identity is that aesthetic experience represents a prototype for meaningful experience, warranting intense philosophical and psychological investigation. Currently psychology remains too closed-off from the rich reflection of philosophical aesthetics, while philosophy continues to be sceptical of the psychological reduction of art to its potential for subjective experience. At the same time, philosophical aesthetics cannot escape making certain assumptions about the psyche and benefits from entering into a dialogue with psychology. Art and Identity brings together philosophical and psychological perspectives on aesthetics in order to explore how art creates minds. ER -