Philosophy: aesthetics books

This book defends an understanding of Kant's theory of the pure aesthetic judgment of taste as detailing an operation...  Read More >>

This book explores the intersections between dreaming and the literary imagination, in light of the findings of...  Read More >>

Drawing on an extensive overview of the available research material – including interviews, manuscripts and the...  Read More >>

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

This book examines Benjamin’s and Adorno’s essays and correspondence on literature. Taken together, the essays present...  Read More >>

Exploring Nature’s Texture brings together a collection of internationally-known group of artists, theologians,...  Read More >>

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Werather argue that, since vulnerability is part of the human condition, humanvulnerability is not at odds with...  Read More >>

Eine interdisziplinäre Verständigung über Kultur ist  fällig und notwendig, um dem gegenwärtig weit verbreiteten...  Read More >>

This volume presents a new collection of essays on music by Jerrold Levinson, one of the most prominent philosophers...  Read More >>

How does thinking affect doing? It is widely held that thinking about what you are doing, as you are doing it, hinders...  Read More >>

Highlights the philosophical and literary idea of apocalypse within key examples in the Slavic world during the...  Read More >>

Includes basic topics such as the theory of value and action, topics that are woven into our understanding of practical...  Read More >>

Inspired by the ecosophical writings of Felix Guattari, this book explores the many ways that aesthetics – in the...  Read More >>

This book provides a critical assessment of Benjamin’s writings on Franz Kafka and of Benjamin’s related writings....  Read More >>

In addition to his central work on art theory in the 18th century, Johann Georg Sulzer (1720-1779) wrote important...  Read More >>

This book makes visible the hidden relations between things and individuals through a discussion of creative processes...  Read More >>

Gott zu denken, ist die zentrale Aufgabe der Theologie und die vornehmste der Religionsphilosophie. Wie kaum ein...  Read More >>

This book proposes a new methodology for aesthetics, where problems in philosophy are addressed by examining how...  Read More >>

This book sets forth a new understanding of aesthetic-moral judgment organized around three concepts: pleasure,...  Read More >>

This book probes the feminist faultlines in Derrida's thought and generates original feminist insight into key concerns...  Read More >>

A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature,...  Read More >>

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Using Li Zehou's theories of aesthetics, argues for the importance of the arts to philosophy.  Read More >>