Philosophy: aesthetics books

The notion of aesthetic illusion relates to a number of art forms and media. Defined as a pleasurable mental state...  Read More >>

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In 1996 Jacques Derrida gave a lecture at the Museum of Modern Art on Antonin Artaud. Artaud the Moma reveals the...  Read More >>

The notion of the sublime, used to describe a particular kind of overwhelming or exhilarating aesthetic experience,...  Read More >>

Aesthetic Sustainability offers guidelines for ways to reduce, rethink and reform consumption. Its focus on aesthetics...  Read More >>

Art, Death and Lacanian Psychoanalysis examines the relationship between art and death from the perspective of Lacanian...  Read More >>

Art, Death and Lacanian Psychoanalysis examines the relationship between art and death from the perspective of Lacanian...  Read More >>

A compilation of over 3000 definitions of art found online. For students and art lovers, and everyone who has an...  Read More >>

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A cesura paulina, contrariamente aos procedimentos de verdade efetivos, como os da ciência, da arte, da política,...  Read More >>

The human being who thrills to the experience of beauty in nature and in art does not forever rest with that experience...  Read More >>

Ever since its publication in 1766, Lessing's Laocoon, or on the Limits of Painting and Poetry has exerted an incalculable...  Read More >>

This book highlights aesthetics as pertaining to the structural component in architectural design. Based on comprehensive...  Read More >>

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This collection brings together a series of creative responses to the recent speculative turn in Continental philosophy....  Read More >>

This collection brings together a series of creative responses to the recent speculative turn in Continental philosophy....  Read More >>

Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow investigates the Walkman's influence on public space, our relationship to electronic personal...  Read More >>

Tumor examines the cultural attitudes that shape the ways we research a tumor scientifically, treat it medically,...  Read More >>

The eye chart--essential diagnostic tool, template, sign, toy--is a monument to un-reading and a guide to the absurdities...  Read More >>

Uses the whale song to explore how environmental problems like noise pollution and climate change affect social...  Read More >>

A funny, lyrical, illuminating book on the rich and little known history of the humble sock, its various incarnations...  Read More >>

Jet lag is a physical ailment, a temporal condition, a political effect, and, ultimately, a cultural moment--in...  Read More >>

Part memoir and part study of modern life, Shopping Mall examines the modern mythology of the shopping mall and...  Read More >>

In a world where visibility is power and identity is at the core of political contestation, the veil questions notions...  Read More >>