Philosophy: aesthetics books

First published in 1978, Philosophy and Human Movement examines the major philosophical issues in the rapidly growing...  Read More >>

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Explores abstraction as a keyword in aesthetic modernism and in critical thinking since Marx  Read More >>

The first study to consider how Whiteness pervades and is challenged in contemporary British and US Absurdist poetry....  Read More >>

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Humor’s access to truth is privileged both in its depth, even with respect to metaphysics, and also because it establishes...  Read More >>

Nietzsche and Irish Modernism deftly traces the circulation of the German philosopher's ideas in Irish culture during...  Read More >>

""... a timely and enticing excursion into the art of good conversation. Paula Marantz Cohen reveals how conversation...  Read More >>

Gramsci and the Southern Question reflects on the nature of Gramscian thought, linked to the concepts of hegemony,...  Read More >>

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We dream in darkness. Yet light is everywhere, blazing its way through our lives and thoughts. We urgently need...  Read More >>

This is the first survey of Murdoch’s exploration of evil, addressing aesthetic, philosophical, political and theological...  Read More >>

Bringing the concept of contamination into dialogue with affect theory and bioart, Agnieszka Wolodzko urges us to...  Read More >>

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The final instalment in the lively and poetic 'Humanism' series from one of the world's foremost philosophers of...  Read More >>

From one of the most talented and stylish writers in the US, a beautiful, passionate and intellectually dazzling...  Read More >>

Pub takes the English public house apart, showing how its separate elements work, and reassessing the pub’s history...  Read More >>

Writing on Art presents the text of a short book by Richard Wollheim (1923-2003) comprising two lectures on formalism...  Read More >>

The final instalment in the lively and poetic 'Humanism' series from one of the world's foremost philosophers of...  Read More >>

Busby Berkeley’s big-production numbers are emblematic of the Hollywood dream factory. Exploring the tensions between...  Read More >>

This book examines the intersections of silence with immersive arts and experiences. Organised into three parts,...  Read More >>

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This book interprets relationships among art and ethics in the context of contemporary South African art  Read More >>

Musik im Badekontext wird gemacht und gehört, geachtet und geächtet. Ihr Einsatz zwischen angewandter Diätetik,...  Read More >>