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Aesthetics

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  • Divine Beautyby John O'Donohue

    Transworld 2010; US$ 13.34

    In this eagerly awaited follow-up to his international bestsellers Anam Cara and Eternal Echoes , John O'Donohue turns his attention to the subject of beauty - the divine beauty that calls the imagination and awakens all that is noble in the human heart. In these uncertain times of global conflict and crisis, we are riven with anxiety; our... more...

  • Transzendenz und Negativitätby Thomas Rentsch

    De Gruyter 2010; US$ 147.00

    The studies in this volume investigate the philosophical, theological, and aesthetic importance of the connection between fundamental philosophical questions of the structure and forms of transcendence and the concept of ?negativity?. The pieces lead to a deeper view of the systematic connection between transcendence and negativity and explore the... more...

  • Metzler Lexikon Ästhetikby Achim Trebeß

    J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2006; US$ 53.86

    Hauptbeschreibung Heute leben wir in einer fast lückenlos ästhetisierten Welt. Dieses Lexikon erfasst in 414 interdisziplinär angelegten Artikeln die ganze Spannbreite der Ästhetik. Ausführliche Einträge informieren über ästhetische Grundbegriffe, z. B. Aisthesis, Hässliches, Schönes, Wahrnehmung, und über die Theorie der Ästhetik, z. B. Formalismus,... more...

  • New Takes in Film-Philosophyby Dr Havi Carel; Dr Greg Tuck

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 33.00

    This collection displays a range of approaches and contemporary developments in the expanding field of film-philosophy. The essays explore central issues surrounding the conjunction of film and philosophy, presenting a varied yet coherent reflection on the nature of this conjunction. more...

  • Beauty and Islamby Valérie Gonzalez

    I.B.Tauris 2001; US$ 42.00

    Beauty and Islam' explores aspects of aesthetics in classical Islamic thought in the light of contemporary theories, offering new perspectives on Islamic art and architecture with examples ranging from the Qur'an and the Alhambra to the works of present day artists and philosophers. Tracing the roots of Islamic aesthetics back to the works... more...

  • Essays on Japanby Michael Marra

    BRILL 2010; US$ 216.00

    Essays on Japan is a compilation of Professor Michael F. Marra's essays written in the past ten years on the topics of Japanese literature, Japanese aesthetics, and the space between the two subjects. Marra is one of the leading scholars in the field of Japanese aesthetics and hermeneutics and has published extensively on medieval and early modern... more...

  • Self-Expressionby Mitchell S. Green

    OUP Oxford 2007; US$ 34.99

    Mitchell S. Green presents a systematic philosophical study of self-expression - a pervasive phenomenon of the everyday life of humans and other species, which has received scant attention in its own right. He explores the ways in which self-expression reveals our states of thought, feeling, and experience, and he defends striking new theses concerning... more...

  • Aesthetics: Key Concepts in Philosophyby Daniel Herwitz

    Continuum International Publishing 2008; US$ 120.00

    Aesthetics is the branch of philosophical thought that arises from engagement with the arts. It is about larger issues, such as meaning, identity, and medium, that arise in the exploration of art, music, film and literature. Aesthetics: Key Concepts in Philosophy offers a thorough, lucid and stimulating account of the central theories and ideas encountered... more...

  • Francis Baconby Gilles Deleuze; Daniel W. Smith

    Continuum International Publishing 2003; US$ 110.00

    Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential and revolutionary philosophers of the twentieth century. Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation is his long-awaited work on Bacon,widely regarded as one of the most radical painters of the twentieth century.The book presents a deep engagement with Bacon's work and the nature of art. Deleuze analyzes... more...

  • Music, Art, and Metaphysicsby Jerrold Levinson

    OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 34.99

    This is a long-awaited reissue of Jerrold Levinson's 1990 book Music, Art, and Metaphysics, which gathers together the writings that made him a leading figure in contemporary aesthetics. Most of the essays are distinguished by a concern with metaphysical questions about artworks and their properties, but other essays address the problem of art's... more...