Philosophy: aesthetics books

Published in 1896, The Sense of Beauty secured Santayana's reputation as a philosopher and continued to outsell...  Read More >>

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Published in 1896, The Sense of Beauty secured Santayana's reputation as a philosopher and continued to outsell...  Read More >>

An anthology of commentaries on art, aesthetics and colour by three of western culture’s greatest intellects.  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Scott not only solves the problem of catharsis in the definition of tragedy but demonstrates that Aristotle considers...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Die Geburt der Trag die: Schriften aus den Jahren 1869-1873 Ebie genannten berfchiebenen (c)tunbrichtungen...  Read More >>

Bernard Bosanquet (1848-1923) was a neo-Hegelian British philosopher and social theorist who turned his attention...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Bernard Bosanquet (1848-1923) was a neo-Hegelian British philosopher and social theorist who turned his attention...  Read More >>

The late Preston H. Epps, author of GREEK LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION and THOUGHTS FROM THE GREEKS, analyzes the POETICS...  Read More >>

Interviews with 50 world-renowned artists exploring how the physical qualities of the material they're working with...  Read More >>

Modern Philosophy is an overview of philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries. Treated here are: Montaigne and Bacon;...  Read More >>

What neural processes underlie the appreciation of painting, music, and dance? How did such processes evolve? This...  Read More >>

This critical introduction and guide to Gilles Deleuze's 1988 bookBergsonism gives readers of both Deleuze and Bergson...  Read More >>

Adorno’s philosophy of the nonidentical reveals itself not only as a powerful hermeneutics of the past, but also...  Read More >>

For centuries, philosophers have identified beauty with what brings pleasure. Dominic McIver Lopes challenges this...  Read More >>

This volume reflects on what legibility entails in today’s machinic world. It asks what makes cultural expressions,...  Read More >>

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Examining the role of speculation in philosophy, art and finance, Speculation as a Mode of Production is an essential,...  Read More >>

Blanket explores covers in everyday contexts, ""New World"" colonial encounters, contemporary art, emerging economies,...  Read More >>

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A 3-year-old...  Read More >>

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The...  Read More >>