Books by Daniel Herwitz

Daniel Herwitz directs the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan and holds an honorary position at the University of Cape Town. His most recent book is The Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Consumption, which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. He is also the author, with Lydia Goehr, of The Don Giovanni Moment: Essays on the Legacy of an Opera and the editor, with Michael Kelly, of Action, Art, History: Engagements with Arthur C. Danto. From 1996 to 2002, Herwitz served as chair in philosophy at the University of Natal, Durban, and was embroiled in the South African political transition, which led to his book Race and Reconciliation: Essays from the New South Africa. Long involved with modern Indian art, his 1987 book, Husain, won the country's National Book Award.