Book contents
- The Ancient Aesthetics of Deception
- The Ancient Aesthetics of Deception
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Gorgias and the Justice of Tragic Apatē
- Chapter 2 The Circulation and Significance of Apatē in the Classical Era
- Chapter 3 The Dramatic Entanglement of Aesthetic Illusion with Deceit in Sophocles’ Electra
- Chapter 4 Immersion and Corruption in Plato’s Republic
- Chapter 5 The Void of Hellenistic Criticism
- Chapter 6 The Appeal and Challenge of Apatē in Imperial Criticism: Plutarch’s De audiendis poetis
- Chapter 7 Lucian and the Spell of Philosophy
- Chapter 8 How to Read Ekphrasis: The Tabula Cebetis
- Chapter 9 Christian Polemics against Idolatry: Clement of Alexandria’s Protrepticus
- Chapter 10 The Aesthetics of Deception Reconfigured in Heliodorus’ Ethiopica
- Chapter 11 From Deepfake to Psychotherapy: The Aesthetics of Deception Today
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Chapter 11 - From Deepfake to Psychotherapy: The Aesthetics of Deception Today
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2021
- The Ancient Aesthetics of Deception
- The Ancient Aesthetics of Deception
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Gorgias and the Justice of Tragic Apatē
- Chapter 2 The Circulation and Significance of Apatē in the Classical Era
- Chapter 3 The Dramatic Entanglement of Aesthetic Illusion with Deceit in Sophocles’ Electra
- Chapter 4 Immersion and Corruption in Plato’s Republic
- Chapter 5 The Void of Hellenistic Criticism
- Chapter 6 The Appeal and Challenge of Apatē in Imperial Criticism: Plutarch’s De audiendis poetis
- Chapter 7 Lucian and the Spell of Philosophy
- Chapter 8 How to Read Ekphrasis: The Tabula Cebetis
- Chapter 9 Christian Polemics against Idolatry: Clement of Alexandria’s Protrepticus
- Chapter 10 The Aesthetics of Deception Reconfigured in Heliodorus’ Ethiopica
- Chapter 11 From Deepfake to Psychotherapy: The Aesthetics of Deception Today
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Summary
The final chapter commences with an episode from Petronius, which illustrates that it would be rewarding to look for the aesthetics of deception in Latin literature. However, instead of staying within the temporal boundaries of antiquity, I conclude my inquiry with some contemporary spotlights. By no means did apatē have the reception history of mimēsis, and yet, I contend, its association of aesthetic illusion with deception has particular force in our world. After pointing out a significant shift of focus from the ancient to the present aesthetics of deception, I discuss examples from journalism, politics, art and psychotherapy that in various ways engage with immersion and deception.
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- The Ancient Aesthetics of DeceptionThe Ethics of Enchantment from Gorgias to Heliodorus, pp. 257 - 282Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021