{"product_id":"yoruba-art-and-aesthetics-methodologies-and-their-consequences-hardcover","title":"Yorùbá Art and Aesthetics: Methodologies and Their Consequences - Hardcover","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\u003eBarry Hallen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMonika Kirloskar-Steinbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLeah Kalmanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn introduction to the art and aesthetics of southwest Nigeria using the writings of Yorùbá scholars and artists who have made these subjects their special interest over the last forty years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barry Hallen brings together the writings of four pioneering Yorùbá thinkers who write about the art and aesthetics of their own culture: J.R.O. Ojo, Babatunde Lawal, Rowland Abiodun and Wole Soyinka. All were based at the Obafemi Awolowo University, named Great Ife because of the faculty and students' conviction that it was committed to achieving all of the great things that a university community can. Each is responsible for developing indigenous concepts in which African art derives its importance and meanings in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever before has their work been set side-by-side. By treating their work as interrelated we see how when combined they offer a better and higher level of understanding of that remarkable and fascinating form of life associated with the name Yorùbá. Each chapter provides a 'taste' of their philosophy as they reveal what they have to say about how they view and value their art internal to their culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHallen places attention on the methodologies each of them uses to arrive at and defend their ideas. Together they tell a story about how badly things can go when human cultures believe they are categorically different from one another. They also argue that the more comprehensive one's experience and knowledge of the culture is, the better one is prepared to appreciate the conception and interpretation of its art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first book of its kind to take such a discursive and analytic approach to Yorùbá art and aesthetics. Disentangling African art from Eurocentric stereotypes, it represents exciting new scholarship in the disciplines that have come to be known as African philosophy and African art history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Hallen\u003c\/b\u003e has been Reader in Philosophy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Fellow and Associate, Du Bois Institute, Harvard University; Professor of Philosophy, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia. He is author of \u003ci\u003eKnowledge, Belief and Witchcraft, The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Philosophy: Analytic Approach \u003c\/i\u003eand Short History of African Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461157404925,"sku":"9781350476110","price":142.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Ebw5R9_tom9781350476110.webp?v=1777256761","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/yoruba-art-and-aesthetics-methodologies-and-their-consequences-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}