Thinking with Images

This book advances an enactivist theory of aesthetics through the study of inscrutable artworks that challenge us to think because we do not know what to think about them.

John M Carvalho is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University where he teaches graduate seminars on aesthetics and undergraduate courses on contemporary music and film. He is the author of "Annunciations: Figuring the Feminine in Renaissance Painting," A Strange Fruit: Music Between Violence and Death, and many more essays on aesthetics.

Introduction: Thinking with Images 1. Aesthetics without Theory 2. The Baroque and Bacon's Popes 3. Chance Meeting with Duane Michals 4. Étant donnés | Marcel Duchamp 5. Le Mépris or Contempt, A Film by Jean-Luc Godard Conclusion