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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Byung-Chul Han , Daniel SteuerPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.136kg ISBN: 9781509515103ISBN 10: 1509515100 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 06 October 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this provocative analysis Han agitates against contemporary notions of smooth air-brushed beauty. Instead he pleads for an aesthetic based on a generative, creative, commitment to truth that can encompass negativity injury and disaster. Ranging from pornography to classical literature this tour de force of thinking about our understanding of beauty reminds us that philosophy can have teeth. Han writes with a compelling urgency about how we live in the here and now, but also how we could live better. Saving Beauty is an aesthetic call to arms; an example of how philosophy can militate for a better world and make us see anew. Karen Leeder, Oxford University In this provocative analysis Han agitates against contemporary notions of smooth air-brushed beauty. Instead he pleads for an aesthetic based on a generative, creative, commitment to truth that can encompass negativity injury and disaster. Ranging from pornography to classical literature this tour de force of thinking about our understanding of beauty reminds us that philosophy can have teeth. Han writes with a compelling urgency about how we live in the here and now, but also how we could live better. Saving Beauty is an aesthetic call to arms; an example of how philosophy can militate for a better world and make us see anew. Karen Leeder, Oxford University Thrilling... a passionate and engaging read on a notion of beauty that has lost its standing in a digitized world. Philosophy Today Author InformationByung-Chul Han is a Korean-born Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies who teaches at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He is the author of more than 20 books including The Scent of Time, The Transparency Society and The Burnout Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |