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Strange tools : art and human nature

by Alva Noe

This study analyses art as a mode of research into human nature, framing artistic practices as tools for self-investigation. It critiques contemporary efforts to explain art solely through the lenses of neurobiology and evolutionary theory.

Accession 10464 ISBN 9780809089178 Publisher Hill and Wang
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