{"product_id":"mass-society-and-its-culture-and-three-essays-concerning-etienne-gilson-on-bergson-christian-philosophy-and-art-paperback","title":"Mass Society and Its Culture, and Three Essays concerning Etienne Gilson on Bergson, Christian Philosophy, and Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eÉtienne Gilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenri Gouhier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames G. Colbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA medievalist and defender of the notion of Christian philosophy, Etienne Gilson had a lifelong interest in the philosophy of art. He questioned whether what is reproduced as art in contemporary society is art at all. This is not a simple issue. A cheap version of a novel is still a novel. A picture of a statue is not a statue, nor indeed is a photograph of a painting a painting. Recorded music has particular complications. The organizer of an industrial assembly line is neither an artist nor an artisan. Yet, thanks to such mass production, a much broader population has knowledge of artworks than would otherwise be possible. Religions must minister to mass societies and provide appropriate liturgies. But in the process, there is a danger of misrepresenting complex religious teachings. At the end of his own life, Henri Gouhier, Gilson's first doctoral student, prepared three essays on Gilson. The first, on Bergson, gives a sense of Gilson's formation in early twentieth-century French philosophy. The second reconstructs the development of the notion of Christian philosophy and the heated controversy it provoked. Finally, Gouhier presents Gilson's general philosophy of art and gives a helpful framework to Gilson's comments on art in a mass society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eÉtienne Gilson (1884-1974) was a medievalist who taught at various French institutions, including the Collège de France. Among his numerous works are \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Medieval Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, his 1931 and 1932 Gifford Lectures (Cascade, 2019), and \u003ci\u003eMedieval Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (Cascade, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457725743357,"sku":"9781666717921","price":36.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/M2pJRCtDUU8wUy9YS0xwUCtZc0VtQT09.webp?v=1777242962","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/mass-society-and-its-culture-and-three-essays-concerning-etienne-gilson-on-bergson-christian-philosophy-and-art-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}