Philosophy: aesthetics books

Elizabeth Grosz argues that art—especially architecture, music, and painting—is born from the disruptive forces...  Read More >>

Beginning with an introduction and biography of Sartre, this book comprises 42 chapters covering all the major aspects...  Read More >>

Meditations (Medieval Greek: , romanized: Ta eis heauton, literally things to one's self ) is a series...  Read More >>

An enlightening account of how the Japanese tea ceremony influences so much of Japanese life and culture.  Read More >>

A study of the significance of the visual arts in Merleau-Ponty's aesthetics in relation to the work of five artists...  Read More >>

The essays also detail concrete phenomenological analyses of aesthetic experiences in poetry, painting, photography,...  Read More >>

This book is one of the first to apply the theoretical tools proposed by French philosopher Bruno Latour to film...  Read More >>

​This book gathers research and writings that reflect on traditional and current global issues related to art and...  Read More >>

Unter dem großen und anspruchsvollen Motto Die Gestirne: Symbole und Mythen hat die Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche...  Read More >>

The volume is inspired by Gilles Deleuze's philosophical project, which builds on the critique of European Humanism...  Read More >>

By examining Camus’ innovative methods of approaching moral problems, Whistler demonstrates that Camus’ work has...  Read More >>

A study of the philosophical thought of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with a focus on the central philosophical...  Read More >>

A 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title What can the sounds of today tell us about the future? Can an analysis...  Read More >>

Reinterpreting Badiou’s philosophy in light of both his persistent, reverent invocations of the German-Jewish poet...  Read More >>

A review of fundamental lessons in critical theory and critical thought developed by the some of the most important...  Read More >>

This volume addresses questions regarding scientific creativity and imagination, the status of scientific performances—such...  Read More >>

Monique Roelofs offers a pathbreaking systematic model of the field of address and puts it to work in the arts,...  Read More >>

This is the first monograph to thoroughly analyse Benjamin’s film writings, contextualizing them within his oeuvre...  Read More >>

The history of how new conceptions of human-environment interaction became central to design theories and practices...  Read More >>

In Mood and Trope, John Brenkman introduces two provocative propositions to affect theory: that human emotion is...  Read More >>

Monique Roelofs offers a pathbreaking systematic model of the field of address and puts it to work in the arts,...  Read More >>

The history of how new conceptions of human-environment interaction became central to design theories and practices...  Read More >>

In Mood and Trope, John Brenkman introduces two provocative propositions to affect theory: that human emotion is...  Read More >>

Urban working class culture in Britain is explored from text and from auto-ethnographic research. The thesis is...  Read More >>

Este livro foi uma iniciativa que se deu a partir dos estudos desenvolvidos pelo projeto de extensao Estetica e...  Read More >>