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Paperback. This book, now in paperback with a striking new preface, presents one of the first systematic assessments of aesthetic insights into world politics. It examines the nature of aesthetic approaches and outlines how they differ from traditional analysis of politics using a series of case studies on language and poetics. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HPS; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390638
- ISBN
- 9780230390638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Paperback. This book presents one of the first systematic assessments of aesthetic insights into world politics. It examines the nature of aesthetic approaches and outlines how they differ from traditional analysis of politics. The book explores the potential and limits of aesthetics through a series of case studies on language and poetics. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; HPS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349542260
- ISBN
- 9781349542260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. Ten leading commentators explore the interfaces between art and aesthetics in dialogue with a philosophical text (Theodor Adorno's draft introduction to Aesthetic Theory), a piece of literary writing (Franz Kafka's A Report to an Academy), and a major contemporary painting (Gerhard Richter's Betty, 1988). Editor(s): Regier, Alexander; De Bolla, Peter; Uhlig, Stefan H. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549197
- ISBN
- 9780230549197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This anthology provides comprehensive coverage of the major contributions of analytic philosophy to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the earliest beginnings in the 1950a s to the present time. aeo Traces the contributions of the analytic tradition to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the 1950a s to the present time. Editor(s): Lamarque, Peter; Olsen, Stein Haugom. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ABA; HPCF5; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 188 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1242.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405105811
- ISBN
- 9781405105811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.84
€ 173.84
Hardback. Series: Elements of Philosophy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742564107
- ISBN
- 9780742564107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.92
€ 180.92
Paperback. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AP; HPN; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435456
- ISBN
- 9781349435456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Hardback. Comprising nineteen surveys, this title shows the variety of approaches to Aesthetics in various cultures. It emphasizes the close connection between aesthetics and religion and between aesthetics and ethics in several contributions. Editor(s): Floistad, Guttorm. Series: Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402050688
- ISBN
- 9781402050688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.46
€ 235.46
Hardback. Analysing the interplay between neuroscience and aesthetics, this book covers among other topics: mathematics and creator algorithms, neurosciences of artistic creativity, paintings and dynamical systems as well as computational research for architecture. The international authorship is genuinely interdisciplinary. Editor(s): Kapoula, Zoi. Num Pages: 311 pages, 82 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319462325
- ISBN
- 9783319462325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.98
€ 139.98
Paperback. Part of "The Continuum Aesthetics" series, this book offers a different exploration of the key concepts and arguments in musical aesthetics. It looks at: the experience of listening; rhythm and musical movement; what modernism has meant for musical aesthetics; the relation of music to other 'sound arts'; improvisation and composition; and more. Series: Continuum Aesthetics Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826485199
- ISBN
- 9780826485199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.31
€ 69.31
Hardback. Editor(s): Rundell, John F. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739141311
- ISBN
- 9780739141311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.57
€ 145.57
Paperback. Examines writers, philosophers, and political leaders in China and the West, and reveals the extent to which they incorporate ideas about culture" and "aesthetics" in their theories and practices. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1FPC; HPN; JFCX; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324485
- ISBN
- 9780822324485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Aesthetics is a historical regime of the identification of art. This regime is paradoxical, because it founds the autonomy of art only at the price of suppressing the boundaries separating its practices and its objects from those of everyday life and of making free aesthetic play into the promise of a new revolution. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646305
- ISBN
- 9780745646305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HP; KCA; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048142774
- ISBN
- 9789048142774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book explores issues arising at the interface of ethics and aesthetics. It also examines the role art could play in ethical analysis and in the classroom and explores in what respects aesthetics and ethics might be intertwined and mutually supportive. Editor(s): Elm, Dawn. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNU; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401778787
- ISBN
- 9789401778787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.62
€ 65.62
Paperback. Addressing a fundamental dilemma in religious studies, this text explores the tension between humanistic and social scientific approaches to thinking and writing about religion. Daniel Gold develops a line of argument that begins with the aesthetics of academic writing in the field. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236141
- ISBN
- 9780520236141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 235.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513914
- ISBN
- 9780742513914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83
€ 56.83
Hardback. James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513907
- ISBN
- 9780742513907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.19
€ 157.19
Paperback. An ideal guide to aesthetics Series: Philosophy A-Z. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623402
- ISBN
- 9780748623402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780993010
- ISBN
- 9781780993010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Series: Tulane Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1970
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024750733
- ISBN
- 9789024750733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78