Philosophy: aesthetics books

The essays, collected by Berleant in this volume all express the impulse to reject the received wisdom of modern...  Read More >>

This lively and lucid introduction to the philosophy of music concentrates on the issues that illuminate musical...  Read More >>

Proceedings of a conference held Dec. 13-15, 2001 in Potsdam, Germany.  Read More >>

Undertakes to demonstrate the impact of the historical-critical philology in which Nietzsche had been trained. Nietzsche...  Read More >>

Thought, Reference, and Experience is a collection of important new essays on topics at the intersection of philosophy...  Read More >>

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This is the first English translation of Husserliana XXIII, the volume in the critical edition of Edmund Husserl's...  Read More >>

Philosophy of the Arts presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to those coming to aesthetics and the...  Read More >>

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What is moral reasoning? Are we being reasonable when we make moral decisions if we cannot supply compelling arguments,...  Read More >>

Walter Benjamin's most famous and influential essay remains The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction....  Read More >>

This lively and lucid introduction to the philosophy of music concentrates on the issues that illuminate musical...  Read More >>

Reconsiders the fate of the doctrine of mimesis in the eighteenth century. This book argues that mimesis, rather...  Read More >>

The subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary debates with a vengeance. The Aesthetics of Cultural...  Read More >>

Identifying quickly illusion with deception, we tend to oppose it to the reality of life. However, investigating...  Read More >>

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Discusses the powerful thinking of the psychologist of art, Rudolf Arnheim. This book covers fundamental issues...  Read More >>

This book proposes that aesthetics begin not with concepts of being or semblance, but with a concept of appearing....  Read More >>

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This book proposes that aesthetics begin not with concepts of being or semblance, but with a concept of appearing....  Read More >>

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it...  Read More >>

""What is beauty? What is art? What is taste and fashion? Is beauty something to be observed coolly and rationally...  Read More >>

This volume presents a new proposal for the link between philosophy and art. Badiou identifies and rejects the...  Read More >>

This volume presents a new proposal for the link between philosophy and art. Badiou identifies and rejects the...  Read More >>