Philosophy: aesthetics books

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The Aesthetic Illusion in Literature and the Arts

The Aesthetic Illusion in Literature and the Arts

Author: Tomáš Koblížek (The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) ,  Dr Jiri Koten
ISBN: 9781350105201
Format: Paperback
$69.99

The notion of aesthetic illusion relates to a number of art forms and media. Defined as a pleasurable mental state...  Read More >>

High Heel

High Heel

Author: Summer Brennan (Freelance Writer, USA)
ISBN: 9781501325991
Format: Paperback
$19.99

High Heel is a dive into the labyrinthine nature of modern womanhood and sexual politics, with the world's most...  Read More >>

Pill

Pill

Author: Professor Robert Bennett (Montana State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781501341946
Format: Paperback
$19.99

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The Aesthetics of Self-Becoming: How Art Forms Empower

The Aesthetics of Self-Becoming: How Art Forms Empower...

Author: Paul Crowther
ISBN: 9780367189334
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book outlines an aesthetics of self-becoming, wherein we do not simply consume artistic meaning, but become...  Read More >>

The Power of Cute

The Power of Cute

Author: Simon May
ISBN: 9780691181813
Format: Hardback
$34.99

An exploration of cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Opinionated Introduction

Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Opinionated Introduction...

Author: Patricia Marino
ISBN: 9781138390997
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Writing for non-specialists and students as well as for fellow philosophers, this book explores some basic issues...  Read More >>

Beauty: What It Is and Why It Matters

Beauty: What It Is and Why It Matters

Author: John-Mark Miravalle
ISBN: 9781622827121
Format: Paperback
$39.47

"Offering an abundance of accessible examples, author John Mark Miravalle demonstrates that beauty is neither in...  Read More >>

How to Do Things with Affects: Affective Triggers in Aesthetic Forms and Cultural Practices

How to Do Things with Affects: Affective Triggers in...

Author: Ernst van Alphen ,  Tomáš Jirsa
ISBN: 9789004397699
Format: Paperback
$277.20

Shifting the focus from human interiority toward the agency of cultural objects, social arrangements and aesthetic...  Read More >>

Wabi-Sabi Journal

Wabi-Sabi Journal

Author: Golding Notebooks
ISBN: 9781794668133
Format: Paperback
$18.45

Wabi-sabi is a philosophy that appreciates the imperfection and impermanence of life. For writers of all kinds,...  Read More >>

The Invention of the Visible: The Image in Light of the Arts

The Invention of the Visible: The Image in Light of...

Author: Patrick Vauday ,  Jared Bly
ISBN: 9781786600509
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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Nomic Truth Approximation Revisited

Nomic Truth Approximation Revisited

Author: Theo A. F. Kuipers
ISBN: 9783319983875
Format: Hardback
$206.97

This monograph presents new ideas in nomic truth approximation. It features original and revised papers from a (formal)...  Read More >>

Nietzsche and the Fate of Art

Nietzsche and the Fate of Art

Author: Philip Pothen
ISBN: 9781138296312
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Dance and the Quality of Life

Dance and the Quality of Life

Author: Karen Bond
ISBN: 9783319956985
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This is the first volume devoted to the topic of dance and quality of life. The volume will interest dance specialists,...  Read More >>

Screening Characters: Theories of Character in Film, Television, and Interactive Media

Screening Characters: Theories of Character in Film,...

Author: Johannes Riis (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) ,  Aaron Taylor (University of Lethbridge, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138391826
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book gives an account of characterization in moving image fictions. Areas of investigation include the importance...  Read More >>

Affect and Embodied Meaning in Animation: Becoming-Animated

Affect and Embodied Meaning in Animation: Becoming-Animated...

Author: Sylvie Bissonnette
ISBN: 9781138483590
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Combining insights from disciplines in the humanities and the cognitive sciences, this book explores the contribution...  Read More >>

Kunst Und Leben: Eine Kritische Auseinandersetzung Mit Adorno, Benjamin Und Heidegger

Kunst Und Leben: Eine Kritische Auseinandersetzung Mit...

Author: Giovanna Caruso
ISBN: 9783956505317
Format: Paperback
$129.36

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Peirce for Architects

Peirce for Architects

Author: Richard Coyne
ISBN: 9781138319585
Format: Paperback
$54.99

"Peirce (pronounced ""purse"") was a logician, and so many of his ideas are couched in terms of formal propositions...  Read More >>

Freiheit Und Form: Studien Zur Deutschen Geistesgeschichte

Freiheit Und Form: Studien Zur Deutschen Geistesgeschichte...

Author: Ernst Cassirer
ISBN: 9781092460538
Format: Paperback
$47.52

Wir fuhlen es mehr und mehr, dass der Gedanke des deutschen Staates, wie er von den Denkern des achtzehnten und...  Read More >>

Vapourmage I: Content-Ontologies

Vapourmage I: Content-Ontologies

Author: Sean Alexander
ISBN: 9781092397995
Format: Paperback
$45.70

I wrote this book for me. I decided to publish it for those wading through the solitary but [would like to be]...  Read More >>

Literatura y política: Nuevas perspectivas teóricas

Literatura y política: Nuevas perspectivas teóricas...

Author: Azucena González Blanco
ISBN: 9783110520262
Format: Hardback
$188.67

In the past decades, with the decline of the Grand Narratives and the subsequent need for new historical and political...  Read More >>

Pretexts for Writing: German Romantic Prefaces, Literature, and Philosophy

Pretexts for Writing: German Romantic Prefaces, Literature,...

Author: Seán M. Williams
ISBN: 9781684480524
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Weaving in authors from Antiquity to Agamben, Williams shows how European - and, above all, German - Romanticism...  Read More >>

A Primer on Aristotle's DRAMATICS: also known as the POETICS

A Primer on Aristotle's DRAMATICS: also known as the...

Author: Gregory L Scott
ISBN: 9780999704981
Format: Paperback
$59.25

To be used in tandem with any reasonable translation or with the ancient Greek, this book is designed for students....  Read More >>

Seeing Degree Zero: Barthes/Burgin and Political Aesthetics

Seeing Degree Zero: Barthes/Burgin and Political Aesthetics...

Author: Ryan Bishop ,  Sunil Manghani
ISBN: 9781474431415
Format: Hardback
$245.81

In literature and the visual arts, zero degree represents a neutral aesthetic situated in response to and outside...  Read More >>

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