Philosophy: aesthetics books

This is a mixed-genre work in philosophy and history using dialogue form as thought experiments on the life and...  Read More >>

As far as we know, only human beings have a sense of humour – although chimps might laugh when tickled, and dogs...  Read More >>

Certified cognitive therapist Bella Stitt developed this book with 60 flowing images for relieving stress from everyday...  Read More >>

By examining theassociation between photography and embalming-both as aesthetics and asmourning practices-Margaret...  Read More >>

Feminism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and Marxism, among other critical approaches, have undermined traditional...  Read More >>

This text uses a clear and imaginative style to show how films are examples of philosophy in action. It explores...  Read More >>

Since the mid-1980s, attempts to think history and literature together have produced much exciting work in the humanities....  Read More >>

Something in the world tears away, jumps out, approaches... A world that approaches is a world that is alive and...  Read More >>

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

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On the Art of Poetry By Aristotle Translated by Ingram Bywater In the tenth book of the Republic, when Plato...  Read More >>

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Wie die Karikatur das Leben eines Menschen beeinflussen kann und welche Philosophie man aus der Karikatur lernen...  Read More >>

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Originally written for an academic journal, ""If you look at it long enough..."" is primarily a personal account...  Read More >>

Now available in a fully revised and updated second edition, this accessible and insightful introduction outlines...  Read More >>

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Kant's Critique of Judgement is considered a seminal work in modern aesthetics.  Read More >>

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Zizek meets Klein in this riveting collection of philosophic essays on politics, Sex and the City, Plato, Hitchcock...  Read More >>

Emotion and Postmodernism: is it possible to imagine an odder couple, stranger bedfellows, less bad company? The...  Read More >>

Philosophy holds an ambivalent relation to the pleasures of intoxication, this excess that both fascinates and questions...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1905, Bosanquet’s translation of Hegel’s Philosophy of Fine Art brings Hegel’s commentary...  Read More >>