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Philosophy: aesthetics

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Philosophy: aesthetics

Hardback. Situated at the interface of philosophy, aesthetics and art history, this collection brings together a series of creative responses to the recent speculative turn in Continental philosophy. Editor(s): Van Tuinen, Sjoerd. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421058
ISBN
9781474421058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. It is one of the ironies of contemporary literary study that as it has moved toward greater interdisciplinarity it has grown sceptical of the aesthetic. This anthology works to reassert the continuing relevance of the aesthetic and to reintegrate it into the widening repertoire of contemporary literary critical practices. Editor(s): Singer, Alan; Dunn, Allen. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631208693
ISBN
9780631208693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

Paperback. Basic theoretical texts for landscape architects. Editor(s): Swaffield, Simon. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: AMV; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218213
ISBN
9780812218213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardcover. Through a series of rigorous encounters with key critical figures, this monograph argues that modern thought is, in a double sense, the thought of pain. It offers a systematic account of the modern European tradition's relationship to the question of pain and suffering, and new interpretation of "ethics" and "evil". Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692415
ISBN
9780748692415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.57
€ 102.99

Paperback. Imagining an encounter between Moliere's Don Juan and Austin, this bold yet subtle meditation contemplates the seductive promises of speech and of love, in a telling exchange among philosophy, linguistics, literature, and Lacanian theory. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744539
ISBN
9780804744539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Series: Plateaus New Directions in Deleuze Studies. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474425841
ISBN
9781474425841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.97

Paperback. Best known for his theories of ethics and responsibility, Emmanuel Levinas was one of the most profound and influential thinkers of the 20th century. This guide examines why Levinas is increasingly fundamental to the study of literature and culture. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415402750
ISBN
9780415402750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.06

Hardback. An overview and descriptions of the auditory commitments of ancient Greek song, drama, and acoustic theory from the time of Homer to the death of Euripides, this is the first complete study of the cultural system of sound in Greece. Series: Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269655
ISBN
9780823269655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628922868
ISBN
9781628922868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.70

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501307447
ISBN
9781501307447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. A lavishly illustrated collection that explores ideas of beauty in Africa and its diasporas, asking by and for whom concepts of beauty and aesthetics have developed. Editor(s): Nuttall, Sarah. Num Pages: 416 pages, 126 illustrations (incl. 112 in color). BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339182
ISBN
9780822339182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

hardcover. First book to examine how the theories of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing have affected individual artists and their works. Editor(s): Lippert, Sarah. Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 integrated bw. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Condition
New
SKU
9781784533458
ISBN
9781784533458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 9.66

Paperback. Focussed around three core themes - capitalism, the metaphysics of democracy and aesthetics - these 13 essays emphasise the potential of Nancy's political thought and situate it within a broader intellectual context. Editor(s): Dejanovic, Sanja. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748683185
ISBN
9780748683185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046061
ISBN
9780674046061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.75

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147651
ISBN
9780231147651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147644
ISBN
9780231147644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.94
€ 83.22

Ever since Plato expelled the poets from his ideal state, the ethics of art has had to confront philosophy's denial of art's morality. In Art before the Law, Ruth Ronen proposes a new outlook on the ethics of art by arguing that art insists on this tradition of denial, affirming its singular ethics through negativity. Num Pages: 200 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647886
ISBN
9781442647886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.32

Paperback. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096292
ISBN
9780226096292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226096285
ISBN
9780226096285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Hardback. This collection of 14 essays asks how Georges Perec has continued to influence of Media and Communication at us after his death. Swinburne University ofTechnology. What do Perec's descriptions of the minutiae of everyday life reveal about our use of information and communications technologies?. Editor(s): Wilken, Rowan; Clemens, Justin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401241
ISBN
9781474401241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.57
€ 102.41

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