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Aesthetics

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  • A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautifulby Edmund Burke; Adam Phillips

    Oxford University Press, UK 1998; US$ 8.95

    An eloquent and sometimes even erotic book, the Philosophical Enquiry was long dismissed as a piece of mere juvenilia. However, Burke's analysis of the relationship between emotion, beauty, and art form is now recognized as not only an important and influential work of aesthetic theory, but also one of the first major works in European literature on the Sublime, a subject that has fascinated thinkers from Kant and Coleridge to the philosophers and critics of today. "I'm gratified you're. keeping Burke's text on the Sublime available in an inexpensive edition. Thanks again for keeping it easily accessible. It is a major document not only for the post-modern and avant-garde discussion of the sublime, but also for gender theory more...

  • Reality Hungerby David Shields

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 11.99

    With this landmark book, David Shields fast-forwards the discussion of the central artistic issues of our time. Who owns ideas? How clear is the distinction between fiction and nonfiction? Has the velocity of digital culture rendered traditional modes obsolete? Exploring these and related questions, Shields orchestrates a chorus of voices, past and present, to reframe debates about the veracity of memoir and the relevance of the novel. He argues that our culture is obsessed with “reality,” precisely because we experience hardly any, and urgently calls for new forms that embody and convey the fractured nature of contemporary experience. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...

  • Copy, Archive, Signatureby Jacques Derrida; Gerhard Richter; Jeff Fort

    Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 16.95

    The book makes available for the first time in English?and for the first time in its entirety in any language?an important yet little known interview that Jacques Derrida granted on the question of photography and its relation to such key deconstructive concepts as copy, archive, and signature. more...

  • Philosophy of the Artsby Gordon Graham

    Routledge 2000; US$ 29.95

    A new edition of this bestselling introduction to aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Includes new sections on digital music and environmental aesthetics. All other chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated. more...

  • Aestheticsby Colin Lyas

    Routledge 1997; US$ 31.95

    This introduction to the philosophy of art should be a useful text for students embarking on aesthetics courses. more...

  • Judging Lyotardby Andrew Benjamin

    Routledge 1992; US$ 38.95

    The first collection of papers devoted to the work of Lyotard. It provides an estimation and critique of his writings, and in particular considers the importance to Lyotard of the question of judgement. more...

  • Music and the Emotionsby Malcolm Budd

    Routledge 1992; US$ 38.95

    Is there any artistically important connection between music and emotions? Budd examines the theories of music that support and deny such a correction. more...

  • Musical Performanceby Stan Godlovitch

    Routledge 1998; US$ 37.95

    This radical new evaluation of music making in the past and future will be essential reading for students of aesthetics, the philosophy of music, as well as musicologists and performance specialists. more...

  • Public Sector Ethicsby Charles Sampford; Noel Preston

    Routledge 1998; US$ 193.00

    This study, with contributions from both scholars and practitioners, examines the theory and practice of public sector ethics across a broad range of environments. more...

  • Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Mill on Utilitarianismby Roger Crisp

    Routledge 1997; US$ 27.95

    This book introduces and assesses Mill's life and the background of Utilitarianism and its continuing importance to philosophical thought. more...