Philosophy: aesthetics books

The scope of this book is the characterization of the template for the properly aesthetic experience, composed of...  Read More >>

This book traces the history of the canons of English literary taste and rhetorical doctrines, from the beginning...  Read More >>

In E. T. A. Hoffmann, Cosmopolitanism, and the Struggle for German Opera, Francien Markx investigates Hoffmann’s...  Read More >>

The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture, dominating the look of its art and commodities...  Read More >>

Yesterday is a book that each of us needs to write based on who and what we were and have become; the sum total...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universitèat Basel, 2014.  Read More >>

The fascination of beauty has given rise to a long-standing European philosophical tradition on the idea of beauty...  Read More >>

Through the lens of fashion and style, Dressing for the Culture Wars guides us through the competing political and...  Read More >>

Creative Worlds: a Dissertation on Creative Freedom and Spirituality, is a pioneering work that explores the understanding...  Read More >>

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Based on ethnographic research within the extreme metal community, Unger offers a thought-provoking look at how...  Read More >>

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

De la metaphysique jusqu'au developpement de l'esthetique en France, l'oeuvre d'Etienne Souriau a marque son epoque...  Read More >>

Rhetorically charged debates over theory have divided humanities scholars for decades. Rodowick steps back from...  Read More >>

The nature of fiction has long been debated across the humanities, and is of considerable importance for philosophical...  Read More >>

Explores a range of topics related to silence, including the theory of silent doing and its relationship to other...  Read More >>

With a thorough examination of ancient views of literary and artistic realism, allegory and symbolism, The Poetics...  Read More >>

The Aesthetic Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Using the...  Read More >>

Susan Sauvé Meyer presents a new translation of Laws, 1 and 2: the opening books of Plato's last work, which discuss...  Read More >>

The nature of fiction has long been debated across the humanities, and is of considerable importance for philosophical...  Read More >>

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Art as the Absolute is a literary and philosophical investigation into the meaning of art and its claims to truth....  Read More >>

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Jerrold Levinson est une des figures majeures de l'esthetique contemporaine. On lui doit une serie d'ouvrages qui...  Read More >>