Philosophy: aesthetics books

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Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics

Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics...

Author: Gordon Graham (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA) ,  Morris Weitz
ISBN: 9780415235631
Format: Hardback
$316.80

An introduction to aesthetics and the philosophy of art.  Read More >>

Endgames: The Irreconcilable Nature of Modernity: Essays and Lectures

Endgames: The Irreconcilable Nature of Modernity: Essays...

Author: Albrecht Wellmer ,  David Midgley
ISBN: 9780262731331
Format: Paperback
$79.20

A common theme of this set of thirteen essays by one of the major figures in contemporary German philosophy is the...  Read More >>

Semiotics of Musical Time

Semiotics of Musical Time

Author: Thomas Reiner ,  Thomas. Reiner
ISBN: 9780820445250
Format: Hardback
$241.96

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Arts of the Beautiful

Arts of the Beautiful

Author: Etienne Gilson
ISBN: 9781564782502
Format: Paperback
$31.55

With his usual lucidity, Etienne Gilson addresses the idea that ""art is the making of beauty for beauty's own sake.""...  Read More >>

Das Problem der subjektiven Allgemeingültigkeit des Geschmacksurteils bei Kant

Das Problem der subjektiven Allgemeingültigkeit des...

Author: Christian Helmut Wenzel (National CHI Nan University)
ISBN: 9783110167443
Format: Hardback
$195.54

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Das Problem der subjektiven Allgemeingültigkeit des Geschmacksurteils bei...  Read More >>

�sthetische Grundbegriffe: Historisches W�rterbuch in Sieben B�nden.6 B�nde W�rterbuch Von a Bis Z, 1 Registerband

�sthetische Grundbegriffe: Historisches W�rterbuch...

Author: Karlheinz Barck ,  Martin Fontius
ISBN: 9783476009135
Format: Hardback
$2346.96

Von Absenz bis Zeitalter/Epoche enth�lt diese Enzyklop�die 170 Artikel, die von 150 renommierten Wissenschaftlern...  Read More >>

What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand

What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand

Author: Michelle Kamhi ,  Louis Torres
ISBN: 9780812693737
Format: Paperback
$39.99

As an alternative to the view that everything from ""abstract art"" and ""performance art"" to ""hyperfiction""...  Read More >>

What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand

What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand

Author: Michelle Kamhi ,  Louis Torres
ISBN: 9780812693720
Format: Hardback
$79.99

As an alternative to the view that everything from ""abstract art"" and ""performance art"" to ""hyperfiction""...  Read More >>

Beauty Matters

Beauty Matters

Author: Peg Zeglin Brand
ISBN: 9780253213754
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Explores the values and politics of beauty as they affect our everyday lives.  Read More >>

Walter Benjamin: Overpowering Conformism

Walter Benjamin: Overpowering Conformism

Author: Esther Leslie
ISBN: 9780745315683
Format: Paperback
$81.84

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Those Mingled Seas: The Poetry of W.B.Yeats, the Beautiful and the Sublime

Those Mingled Seas: The Poetry of W.B.Yeats, the Beautiful...

Author: Jefferson Holdridge
ISBN: 9781900621342
Format: Paperback
$44.95

A study of Yeats' aesthetics, in which the writing is profoundly engaged with the inner world of Yeats' poetry....  Read More >>

Those Mingled Seas: The Poetry of W.B.Yeats, the Beautiful and the Sublime: The Poetry of W.B.Yeats, the Beautiful and the Sublime

Those Mingled Seas: The Poetry of W.B.Yeats, the Beautiful...

Author: Jefferson Holdridge
ISBN: 9781900621359
Format: Hardback
$90.95

A study of Yeats's aesthetics, in which the writing is profoundly engaged with the inner world of Yeats's poetry....  Read More >>

The Birth of Tragedy

The Birth of Tragedy

Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ,  Douglas Smith
ISBN: 9780192832924
Format: Paperback
$19.95

"""The Birth of Tragedy"" (1872) is a book about the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture...  Read More >>

The Forgotten Female Aesthetes: Literary Culture in Late-Victorian England

The Forgotten Female Aesthetes: Literary Culture in...

Author: Talia Schaffer
ISBN: 9780813919379
Format: Paperback
$64.68

In this text, Schaffer analyzes writers such as Lucas Malet, Ouida, Alice Meynell, Rosamund Marriott Watson and...  Read More >>

The Forgotten Female Aesthetes: Literary Culture in Late-Victorian England

The Forgotten Female Aesthetes: Literary Culture in...

Author: Talia Schaffer
ISBN: 9780813919362
Format: Hardback
$171.60

In this text, Schaffer analyzes writers such as Lucas Malet, Ouida, Alice Meynell, Rosamund Marriott Watson and...  Read More >>

Art of the Modern Age: Philosophy of Art from Kant to Heidegger

Art of the Modern Age: Philosophy of Art from Kant to...

Author: Jean-Marie Schaeffer ,  Steven Rendall
ISBN: 9780691016696
Format: Hardback
$145.20

A critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century, combined...  Read More >>

Music and Culture in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Music and Culture in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction...

Author: Bhesham R. Sharma
ISBN: 9780820445168
Format: Hardback
$236.28

This study focuses on the literal, symbolic, and metaphorical dimensions of The Philosophy of Modern Music. It explains...  Read More >>

Gerechtigkeit Und Verantwortung: Liberale Gleichheit Für Autonome Personen

Gerechtigkeit Und Verantwortung: Liberale Gleichheit...

Author: Bernd Ladwig
ISBN: 9783050035086
Format: Hardback
$285.09

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Humboldt-Universiteat Berlin, 1999.  Read More >>

Hegel and Aesthetics

Hegel and Aesthetics

Author: William Maker
ISBN: 9780791445525
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Leading scholars consider Hegel's philosophy of art and its contemporary significance.  Read More >>

Nora verläßt ihr Puppenheim: Autorinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts und ihr Beitrag zur ästhetischen Innovation. Dokumentation eines Symposiums am 2. und 3. Dezember 1999, Universität-GHS Siegen

Nora verläßt ihr Puppenheim: Autorinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts...

Author: Waltraud Wende
ISBN: 9783476452399
Format: Paperback
$105.57

"Die aus Biologie und Kulturgeschichte folgende Andersartigkeit der sozialen, politischen, ökonomischen, kulturellen...  Read More >>

Communication: The Power of Location: Essays on Adespotic Aesthetics

Communication: The Power of Location: Essays on Adespotic...

Author: Luciano Nanni ,  Corrado Federici
ISBN: 9780820445441
Format: Hardback
$232.85

May I have a coffee? How different the meaning of this statement is when it is uttered on a stage rather than in...  Read More >>

The Body Aesthetic: From Fine Art to Body Modification

The Body Aesthetic: From Fine Art to Body Modification...

Author: Tobin Siebers
ISBN: 9780472086733
Format: Paperback
$85.80

Generously and variously illustrated, this volume gathers together the work of literary critics and artists, classicists,...  Read More >>

Politikwissenschaft und Politisches Denken: Politikwissenschaftliche Abhandlungen II

Politikwissenschaft und Politisches Denken: Politikwissenschaftliche...

Author: Wilhelm Hennis
ISBN: 9783161473548
Format: Paperback
$76.95

"Alle Arbeiten von Wilhelm Hennis zeugen von seiner unverwechselbaren Art, Politikwissenschaft zu betreiben. Als...  Read More >>

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