Art as Experience
by John Dewey
Philosophy gets its hands dirty.
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you believe making things is a form of thinking and want the philosophy to back that up
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Dewey’s Art as Experience is a quietly radical manifesto disguised as philosophy. He tears art down from its museum pedestal and returns it to life — to making, doing, feeling. For Dewey, art isn’t an object; it’s a process of perception and participation, where meaning is born through experience. Written with the clarity of a teacher and the soul of a craftsman, it’s a reminder that creativity is not elite — it’s elemental.
Where This Book Lives
- Themes
- philosophy of art