Philosophy: aesthetics books

This book is an interdisciplinary study of antebellum American literature and the problem of political emergency....  Read More >>

Ce livre explore quelques-unes des formes selon lesquelles la melancolie devient moteur de l'acte de creation artistique....  Read More >>

This book addresses how Plato, Kant, and Iris Murdoch (each in different ways) view the connection aesthetic experience...  Read More >>

This book is concerned with why (or whether) paintings have value: why they might be worth creating and attending...  Read More >>

Beyond Words argues that some works of fiction and poetry are especially, perhaps even best, suited to expanding...  Read More >>

Tied to the profundity of life and death, media are and have always been existential. Yet, as they are deeply embedded...  Read More >>

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In Romantic Empiricism, Dalia Nassar distinguishes and explores an understudied philosophical tradition that emerged...  Read More >>

The spiritual crisis of the digital age is overload boredom. This book attends to sensation and emotion to show...  Read More >>

The contributors of this volume examine beauty and aesthetic theory in nature and human society, in the humanities...  Read More >>

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Building upon her previous work on everyday aesthetics, Yuriko Saito argues in this book that the aesthetic and...  Read More >>

Shows how Dante’s Divine Comedy shaped the development of German Romanticism. The book argues that the weight of...  Read More >>

""Provides a succulent, soup-to-dessert analysis of the lessons embedded in recipes-lessons that extend well beyond...  Read More >>

A major cultural critic rethinks creativity and the cultural imaginary in a lively exploration of literature, cinema...  Read More >>

Building upon her previous work on everyday aesthetics, Yuriko Saito argues in this book that the aesthetic and...  Read More >>

Enea Bianchi provides the first in-depth introduction to the pioneering thought of 20th-century Italian philosopher,...  Read More >>

This book is the first book-length attempt to flesh out and critically assess Jefferson’s views on taste and the...  Read More >>

This text attempts to address the question, 'what is the weight of a painting?' A question that came to me not quite...  Read More >>

Ground-breaking work of philosophy and Russian Literature: translated into English for the first time  Read More >>

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A spirited memoir by artist Aviva Rahmani, offering a relatable narrative to discuss trigger point theory and the...  Read More >>

This book is an investigation of the role of creative labor and the five senses in Rainer Maria Rilke’s prose works,...  Read More >>