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Space, Geometry and Aesthetics After Kant and Deleuze (Renewing Philosophy)
by Peg Rawes  Publisher Comments Peg Rawes examines a "minor tradition" of aesthetic geometries in ontological philosophy. Developed through Kant’s aesthetic subject she explores a trajectory of geometric thinking and geometric figurations--reflective subjects, folds, passages...
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Art, Origins, Otherness (03 Edition)
by William Desmond Publisher Comments Addresses the end of art and the task of metaphysics. Though our time is often said to be post-religious and post-metaphysical, many continue to seek some encounter with otherness and transcendence in art This book deal diversely with the issues of art...
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Selected Papers #4: Theory and Philosophy of Art: Style, Artist, and Society, Selected Papers Volume IV
by Meyer Schapiro Publisher Comments This fourth volume of Meyer Schapiro's Selected Papers contains his most important writings on the theory and philosophy of art. His highly lucid arguments, graceful prose, and extraordinary erudition guide readers through a rich variety of fields and...
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Aesthetics of Appearing (Cultural Memory in the Present)
by Martin Seel Publisher Comments This book proposes that aesthetics begin not with concepts of being or semblance, but with a concept of appearing. Appearing bespeaks of the reality that all aesthetic objects share, however different they may otherwise be. For Martin Seel, appearing...
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The Aesthetics of Comics
by David Carrier Publisher Comments From Gary Larsons The Far Side to George Herrimans Krazy Kat, comic strips have two obvious defining features. They are visual narratives, using both words and pictures to tell stories, and they use word balloons to represent the speech and thought of...
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The Tears of Things: Melancholy and Physical Objects
by Peter Schwenger Publisher Comments We surround ourselves with material things that are invested with memories but can only stand for what we have lost. Physical objects--such as one's own body--situate and define us; yet at the same time they are fundamentally indifferent to us. The...
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A History of Aesthetic
by Bernard Bosanquet Publisher Comments 1910. Aesthetic theory is a branch of philosophy, and exists for the sake of knowledge and not as a guide to practice. The present work is, therefore, primarily addressed to those who may find a philosophical interest in understanding the place and value...
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Soundproof Room: Malraux's Anti-Aesthetics (Cultural Memory of the Present)
by Jean Franco Lyotard Publisher Comments In this, one of the last published books planned by one of the major cultural philosophers of our time, Lyotard addresses, in his powerful and allusive critical voice, Malraux’ s reflections on art and literature. The result, more than a sequel to...
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The Treasure of the Humble
by Maurice Maeterlinck Publisher Comments Essays on philosophy, aesthetics, and daily life by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck....
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Birth of Tragedy (UK Edition)
by Friedrich Nietzsche Publisher Comments In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight...
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Listen: A History of Our Ears
by Peter Szendy Publisher Comments In this intimate meditation on listening, Peter Szendy examines what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the centuries. The role of the composer is clear, as is the role of the musician; but where exactly does the listener stand in...
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Against Voluptuous Bodies: Late Modernism and the Meaning of Painting
by J. M. Bernstein Publisher Comments The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto...
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Sound Figures of Modernity: German Music and Philosophy
by Jost (edt) Hermand Publisher Comments The rich conceptual and experiential relays between music and philosophy - echoes of what Theodor W. Adorno once called Klangfiguren, or "sound figures" - resonate with heightened intensity during the period of modernity that extends from early German...
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New Essays on Musical Understanding
by Peter Kivy Publisher Comments Peter Kivy presents a selection of his new and recent writings on the philosophy of music--an area to which he has been one of the most eminent contributors. In his distinctively elegant and informal style, Kivy explores such topics as musicology and its...
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Reading Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary (Reading Philosophy)
by Christopher Janaway Publisher Comments Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject, this concise anthology brings together key texts in aesthetics and the philosophy of art....
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Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic
by Herbert Spencer Publisher Comments Contents: The Philosophy Of Style; Over-Legislation; The Morals Of Trade; Personal Beauty; Representative Government; Prison-Ethics; Railway Morals And Railway Policy; Gracefulness; State-Tamperings With Money And Banks; Parliamentary Reform: The Dangers...
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Mapping Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Digital Age (Writing Science)
by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht Publisher Comments "Mapping Benjamin not only distinguishes itself in format, scope, and tone from the mass of Benjamin books published each year, it provides an up-to-date snapshot of the humanities. This lucidly written book uses Benjamin to chart the parameters of a...
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Aesthetic Value (Focus)
by Alan H. Goldman Publisher Comments At the heart of aesthetics lie fundamental questions about value in art and the objectivity of aesthetic valuation. A theory of aesthetic value must explain how the properties of artworks contribute to the values derived from contemplating and...
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Hegel and the Arts (Topics in Historical Philosophy)
by Stephen Houlgate Book News Annotation Hegel's ideas on aesthetics raised dialogue from the moment of their first publication, and this collection of articles covers a wide range of the topics still under discussion, including the conceptual basis of Hegel's organization of his aesthetics...
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Works of Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime or a Treatise Concerning the Sovereign Perfection of Writ
by Dionysius Longinus Publisher Comments It must be a very unpleasing reflection to anyone who has a just and critical taste of the writings of the ancients to consider how many noble and useful works have been swallowed up in the ocean of time. Of what important value several of them were is...
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