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Philosophy: aesthetics

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Philosophy: aesthetics

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

€ 106.48
€ 102.41

Paperback. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 104 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 204 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152792
ISBN
9780231152792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 104 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AC; HPN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152785
ISBN
9780231152785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.97
€ 63.74

Paperback. Presents the defense of the intuitive nature of art in Western philosophical thought. Translator(s): Romanell, Patrick. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203044
ISBN
9780872203044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Explores the distinctive character of three traditions - Indian, Chinese and Western - that have dominated philosophical thought over the past thousand years. This book covers the history of Western thought alongside the Vedic philosophies of India, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, as well as Islamic and Jewish contributions to philosophy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219019
ISBN
9780631219019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Hardcover. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DC; HPN; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403989765
ISBN
9781403989765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.64

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

€ 121.45

Hardback. Celebrating Eliot Deutsch's project promoting understanding of Asian philosophical ideas among Westerners, these essays discuss and comment on his ideas. Topics covered in the essays include mysticism, aesthetics and truth. Also included are Deutch's own replies to the essays. Editor(s): Ames, Roger T. Series: Critics & Their Critics. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPDF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694055
ISBN
9780812694055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.35

Paperback. What is music, what is its value, and what does it mean? In this exciting book, the philosopher Roger Scruton explores the nature and meaning of music from first principles and gives a fascinating analysis of musical organization, together with a provocative account of contemporary civilization and its discontents. Num Pages: 560 pages, music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198167273
ISBN
9780198167273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.77

Paperback. From Botticelli to birdsong, Mozart, and the Turner Prize, Roger Scruton explores what it means for something to be beautiful. This thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects around us. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, Approximately 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199229758
ISBN
9780199229758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; HPCD1; HPN; HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141980720
ISBN
9780141980720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

hardcover. The predicate "beautiful" indicates that something has minimal form and is cognizable. This book explores this concept of form, in particular the role of presentation in what Kant refers to as mere form, which involves not only the understanding, but also reason as the faculty of ideas. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPK; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804746137
ISBN
9780804746137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Paperback. The predicate "beautiful" indicates that something has minimal form and is cognizable. This book explores this concept of form, in particular the role of presentation in what Kant refers to as mere form, which involves not only the understanding, but also reason as the faculty of ideas. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPK; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746212
ISBN
9780804746212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Rives uncovers a context of aesthetic and social debate that modernist studies has yet to fully articulate, examining what it meant, for various intellectuals working in early twentieth-century Britain and America, to escape from personality. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349437733
ISBN
9781349437733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Paperback. The Images of Time is a philosophical investigation of the nature of time and the mind's ways of representing it. Robin Le Poidevin examines the ways in which we perceive time and change, the means by which memory links us with the past, the attempt to represent change and movement in art, and the nature of fictional time. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199575510
ISBN
9780199575510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.93

Paperback. The itineraries suggested in this book interrogate the ontological and metaphysical sense of aesthetic experience, understood as the primary experience, in which our complexity as human beings is invested by the world and manifests itself. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Mimesis International Italy
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857526706
ISBN
9788857526706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.66

Hardcover. The definitive introduction to this key area of philosophy Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 625.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851688180
ISBN
9781851688180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.20

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

€ 169.76

This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101745
ISBN
9781405101745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.77

Paperback. This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101752
ISBN
9781405101752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.87

paperback. Robert Pfaller advances a general theory of interpassivity as the wish for delegated consumption and enjoyment in both art and in everyday life, tackling a vast range of phenomena: culture, art, sports and religion. Series: Incitements. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; HPS; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781474422932
ISBN
9781474422932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.22

Paperback. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; AB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993218
ISBN
9780295993218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

Hardcover. In his Berlin lectures on fine art, Hegel argued that art involves a unique form of aesthetic intelligibility - the expression of a distinct collective self-understanding that develops through historical time. This title offers a sophisticated exploration of Hegel's position. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 colour plates, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226079493
ISBN
9780226079493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.82
€ 78.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226325583
ISBN
9780226325583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

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