{"product_id":"in-art-as-in-life","title":"In Art as in Life","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDescribed as \"a major achievement for any writer\" and having \"the potential to become one of the seminal works of our time\", Ilario Colli's bold first work, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIn Art as in Life\u003c\/span\u003e ventures into territory few modern culture theorists dare to cover. Learned yet imminently accessible,\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e In Art as in Life\u003c\/span\u003e delights with its sumptuous language and its profound ideas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts effortless navigation through 1,700 years of literature, music and the visual arts leads the reader to a startling conclusion: the contemporary Postmodern aesthetic, like the moral relativism that spawned it, is not - as it's often claimed to be - a sign of a robust, self-confident creative culture, but rather the primary artistic symptom of a metaphysically ailing civilisation; one still recovering from the demise of moral absolutism and still struggling to find meaning in its wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIn Art as in Life\u003c\/span\u003e would represent a major achievement for any writer. It contains numerous ideas of genuine originality, the likes of which we rarely come across. I believe it will prove a real contribution to the wider understanding of our culture.\" - Robert Gibbs, former publisher, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLimelight Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An outstanding achievement for a young academic...possessing a superbly crafted argument.\" - Dr. David Symons, Professor, University of Western Australia School of Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...conceptually original and profound, and exquisitely well written.\" - Dr. Victoria Rogers, Professor, Edith Cowan University\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Fulton Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42866666340432,"sku":"9781646549672B","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781646549672-l.jpg?v=1788268322","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/in-art-as-in-life","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}