Philosophy: aesthetics books

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A Philosophy of Gardens

A Philosophy of Gardens

Author: David E. Cooper (Durham University)
ISBN: 9780199290345
Format: Hardback
$140.95

Why do gardens matter so much and mean so much to people? Seeking an answer to this question, this book identifies...  Read More >>

History of Aesthetics

History of Aesthetics

Author: Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz ,  Jean Harrell
ISBN: 9780826488558
Format: Paperback
$501.60

An account of the development of European aesthetics from the time of the ancient Greeks to the 1700s. Covering...  Read More >>

Reading Cavell

Reading Cavell

Author: Alice Crary (New School University, New York, USA) ,  Sanford Shieh (Wesleyan University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415346399
Format: Paperback
$64.00

Exploring the work of one of the most eminent figures in contemporary philosophy, this compelling account includes...  Read More >>

Reading Cavell

Reading Cavell

Author: Alice Crary (New School University, New York, USA) ,  Sanford Shieh (Wesleyan University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415346405
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Alongside Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, and Jacques Derrida, Stanley Cavell is arguably one of the best-known philosophers...  Read More >>

What Good Are the Arts?

What Good Are the Arts?

Author: John Carey
ISBN: 9780195305548
Format: Hardback
$59.95

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The Frame of Art: Fictions of Aesthetic Experience, 1750–1815

The Frame of Art: Fictions of Aesthetic Experience,...

Author: David Marshall (Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara)
ISBN: 9780801882333
Format: Hardback
$124.00

Marshall asks what it means for these authors to view the world through the frame of art.  Read More >>

The Treasure Of The Humble

The Treasure Of The Humble

Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
ISBN: 9781846644856
Format: Paperback
$72.47

Originally published in 1907. Author: Maurice Maeterlinck Language: English Keywords: Literature Many of the earliest...  Read More >>

Against Voluptuous Bodies: Late Modernism and the Meaning of Painting

Against Voluptuous Bodies: Late Modernism and the Meaning...

Author: J. M. Bernstein
ISBN: 9780804748957
Format: Paperback
$56.95

The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting that follows on from the aesthetic theory of...  Read More >>

Against Voluptuous Bodies: Late Modernism and the Meaning of Painting

Against Voluptuous Bodies: Late Modernism and the Meaning...

Author: J. M. Bernstein
ISBN: 9780804748940
Format: Hardback
$135.95

The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting that follows on from the aesthetic theory of...  Read More >>

Aesthetic in Kant: A Critique

Aesthetic in Kant: A Critique

Author: James Kirwan
ISBN: 9786611294328
Format: Electronic book text
$686.40

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Heidegger, Aristotle and the Work of Art: Poeisis in Being

Heidegger, Aristotle and the Work of Art: Poeisis in...

Author: Mark Sinclair
ISBN: 9781349542307
Format: Paperback
$84.99

This book finds Heidegger's Aristotle interpretation integral to his idea of leading metaphysics back to its own...  Read More >>

The Poetics of Psychoanalysis: In the Wake of Klein

The Poetics of Psychoanalysis: In the Wake of Klein...

Author: Mary Jacobus (Professor of English, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780199246366
Format: Hardback
$363.00

Explores the literary aspects of the twentieth-century psychoanalytic tradition that has come to be known as British...  Read More >>

Art Encounters Deleuze and Guattari: Thought Beyond Representation

Art Encounters Deleuze and Guattari: Thought Beyond...

Author: S. O'Sullivan
ISBN: 9780230573734
Format: Paperback
$56.00

- and the work of artists that position their work outside of the gallery or 'outside' of representation - Simon...  Read More >>

Art Encounters Deleuze and Guattari: Thought Beyond Representation

Art Encounters Deleuze and Guattari: Thought Beyond...

Author: S. O'Sullivan
ISBN: 9781403918093
Format: Hardback
$169.00

- and the work of artists that position their work outside of the gallery or 'outside' of representation - Simon...  Read More >>

Human Creation Between Reality and Illusion

Human Creation Between Reality and Illusion

Author: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
ISBN: 9781402035777
Format: Hardback
$419.76

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Symbolization and Its Discontents

Symbolization and Its Discontents

Author: Jeanne Randolph
ISBN: 9780920397244
Format: Paperback
$66.00

A follow-up to Jeanne Randolph's influential Psychoanalysis and Synchronized Swimming. Randolph addresses Enlightenment...  Read More >>

Kultfigur Und Nation: Öffentliche Denkmäler in Paris, Berlin Und London 1848-1914

Kultfigur Und Nation: Öffentliche Denkmäler in Paris,...

Author: Helke Rausch
ISBN: 9783486575798
Format: Hardback
$374.85

Trotz ihrer unbestreitbar durchschlagenden Gestaltungskraft ist die moderne Nation am ehesten als kulturelles Gebilde...  Read More >>

Aesthetic Transgressions: Modernity, Liberalism, and the Function of Literature: Festschrift Fur Winfried Fluck Zum 60. Geburtstag

Aesthetic Transgressions: Modernity, Liberalism, and...

Author: Thomas Claviez (University of Berne) ,  Ulla Haselstein
ISBN: 9783825351977
Format: Hardback
$176.88

The debate over the function of aesthetics can be traced back to the New Criticism and its aftermath. After its...  Read More >>

A History of Aesthetic

A History of Aesthetic

Author: Bernard Bosanquet
ISBN: 9781596053243
Format: Paperback
$79.07

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The Sublime

The Sublime

Author: Philip Shaw
ISBN: 9786610722525
Format: Electronic book text
$501.60

Usually related to feelings of overwhelming grandeur, irresistible power, lofty emotion or simple awe, the sublime...  Read More >>

Nefer

Nefer

Author: Willie Cannon-Brown (Willie Cannon-Brown, Peirce College, USA)
ISBN: 9781281064127
Format: Electronic book text
$364.32

This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine...  Read More >>

Demands of Taste in Kant's Aesthetics

Demands of Taste in Kant's Aesthetics

Author: Brent Kalar
ISBN: 9781281295262
Format: Electronic book text
$290.40

Kant argues that beauty is subjective, but the judgment of taste about beauty is capable of universal validity....  Read More >>

Why Read Mill Today?

Why Read Mill Today?

Author: John M Skorupski
ISBN: 9781280518287
Format: Electronic book text
$79.07

John Stuart Mill is one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. But does he have anything to teach us...  Read More >>

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