Philosophy: aesthetics books

This book provides original descriptive accounts of two schools of thought in the philosophy of beauty: the 20th-century...  Read More >>

The human body is the primary instrument of war, yet those waging war often confront soldiers' bodies in a detached...  Read More >>

This volume explores Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics within a musical context. It features contributions...  Read More >>

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This book considers the cognitive, behavioural and socio-emotional aspects of autism in relation to music perception,...  Read More >>

Although the hard-nosed scientist and the dandy aesthete seem unlikely allies at first glance, Lindsay Wilhelm argues...  Read More >>

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An inspiring, educational, and practical book about philosophy and art, and finding a personally meaningful life....  Read More >>

This book is a series of seventeen mediations that revolve around the notion of the viewer’s placement at the edge...  Read More >>

Situates textual fragments/aphorisms as a genre which defies the opposition between poetry and philosophy and presents...  Read More >>

By establishing an intellectual dialogue amongst some of the most influential German philosophers of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Interdisciplinary in approach, this book employs the key concepts of fragmentation and reconfiguration to consider...  Read More >>

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A provocative book that proposes a new and surprising inspiration for philosophy today the canine thinker from Kafka...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates that theory in literary and cultural studies has moved beyond overarching master theories...  Read More >>

This book provides the first in-depth analysis of Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and the art of dance and explores...  Read More >>

Organized around three main schools of thought - critical sociology, symbolic interactionism and social systems...  Read More >>

Visual Arts and Human Flourishing brings together thoughtful and innovative thinkers from various visual arts fields...  Read More >>

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Original essays on Hans-Georg Gadamer's hermeneutical aesthetics and philosophy of art, written by some of the most...  Read More >>

In On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts, Quatremère de Quincy offers one of the most detailed treatments of mimesis...  Read More >>

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For seventy years, William Gillies has been seen as a placid painter of landscape and decorative still life. Andrew...  Read More >>

Interpreting Music, Engaging Culture: An Introduction to Music Criticism offers a clear, hands-on guide for emerging...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of insightful writings on aesthetics and Chinese and Western art by ZONG Baihua, one of...  Read More >>