Publications by Year: 2011

2011
Ethics for Enemies : Terror, Torture, and War
Kamm, FM. 2011. Ethics for Enemies : Terror, Torture, and War. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 178 p. HOLLIS
All Things Shining : Reading the Western Classics to find Meaning in a Secular Age
Dreyfus, Hubert L, and Sean Kelly. 2011. All Things Shining : Reading the Western Classics to find Meaning in a Secular Age. New York: Free Press, xi, 254 p. HOLLIS Abstract
“What constitutes human excellence?” and “What is the best way to live a life?” These are questions that human beings have been asking since the beginning of time. In their critically acclaimed book, All Things Shining, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly argue that our search for meaning was once fulfilled by our responsiveness to forces greater than ourselves, whether one God or many. These forces drew us in and imbued the ordinary moments of life with wonder and gratitude. Dreyfus and Kelly argue in this thought-provoking work that as we began to rely on the power of our own independent will we lost our skill for encountering the sacred. Through their original and transformative discussion of some of the greatest works of Western literature, from Homer’s Odyssey to Melville’s Moby Dick, Dreyfus and Kelly reveal how we have lost our passionate engagement with the things that gave our lives purpose, and show how, by reading our culture’s classics anew, we can once again be drawn into intense involvement with the wonder and beauty of the world.
Representing the Real: a Merleau-Pontyan Account of Art and Experience from the Renaissance to New Media
Kelly, Sean. 2011. “Representing the Real: a Merleau-Pontyan Account of Art and Experience from the Renaissance to New Media.” Art and Phenomenology, edited by Joseph D Parry. New York: Routledge. HOLLIS Abstract

Philosophy of art is traditionally concerned with the definition, appreciation and value of art. Through a close examination of art from recent centuries, Art and Phenomenology is one of the first books to explore visual art as a mode of experiencing the word itself, showing how, in the words of Merleau-Ponty, "Painting does not imitate the world, but is a world of its own". Including an extensive selection of full colour reproductions, Art and Phenomenology is essential reading for anyone interested in Phenomenology, aesthetics, and visual culture.