Attempting to re-examine traditional aesthetic theory in light of recent writing by prominent African-American thinkers, this title focuses on the black-white cultural divide in the USA and helps frame the way we think about all cross-cultural aesthetic judgements.

James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Introduction: Understanding the Art of Others
Understanding Aesthetic Judgments across Cultural Borders -
Why Nietzsche (Sometimes) Can't Sing the Blues
or Davis, Nietzsche, and the Social Embededness of Aesthetic Judgments -
Misunderstanding Aesthetic Judgments across Cultural Divides -
Adorno, Jazz, and the Limits of Apprenticeship -
Art and the Politics of Representation in the South Bronx -.