Philosophy: aesthetics books

Engaging with contemporary debates about the political role of art in an era of total market subsumption, this book...  Read More >>

""To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."" Few lives burn as brightly-or as...  Read More >>

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A collection of interviews and debates with French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard, focusing on his later work...  Read More >>

Approaching concepts of nature through a multidisciplinary lens, Nature as Resource, Aesthetic Experience, and Ecological...  Read More >>

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This comprehensive study examines the philosophical contributions of Pierre Gassendi, a 17th-century thinker who...  Read More >>

This book examines Clarice Lispector’s body of work, foregrounding its theoretical insights and exploring its philosophical...  Read More >>

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Offering an alternative mode of visual cultural analysis to the prevalent discursive model, this book proposes to...  Read More >>

This volume examines the ontology of music groups. It connects two fascinating areas of philosophical research:...  Read More >>

This book elucidates the work of 21st-century European thinkers to describe the event of art as an intuited correspondence...  Read More >>

This volume brings together two philosophical research areas that have been subject to increased attention: work...  Read More >>

Organizational Aesthetics attempts to reconstruct artful representations of the organizational world and businesspeople....  Read More >>

Norman Maclean’s “A River Runs Through It”: The Search for Beauty is the first book-length study of Norman Maclean...  Read More >>

This Handbook surveys the state of the art on essence. Essential reading for anyone, whether in or out of academic...  Read More >>

This book is a defence of perspectivism in the age of post-truth. At the crossroads of science, art and philosophy,...  Read More >>

This book explores the theological power of film and seeks to render a properly theological account of cinematic...  Read More >>

The Revolution is the Emergency Break is a rich compilation of Walter Benjamin's lesser-known writings by renowned...  Read More >>

This volume shows how Nancy was able ‘to deconstruct’ the founding sign of all metaphysics and all transcendence...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Contemporary Aesthetics: Art, Community, and Experience gives students and other readers a comprehensive...  Read More >>

This book presents a broad scope of global contemporary art projects, establishing a new philosophical framework...  Read More >>

Des Dieux qui dansent est un ouvrage d'entretiens philosophiques et poétiques. Olivier Giovnico et Benoît Peloux...  Read More >>

This crucial history explores the role of philosophical thought in transforming the way that artwork emerging from...  Read More >>

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