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Philosophy: aesthetics

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Philosophy: aesthetics

Hardback. Deeply engaged with the work of Aquinas, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kant, among others, The Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty will be essential reading for those interested in contemporary philosophy and theology. Series: Lonergan Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647114
ISBN
9781442647114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.47

Paperback. What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday life, we talk about the 'aesthetics' of an artwork or a piece of design. But aesthetics goes beyond the simple experience of art. It is also a branch of philosophy concerned with the whole nature of experience itself. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 118 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Icon Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848311671
ISBN
9781848311671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.82

Hardback. A comprehensive, critical and accessible account of Theodor W. Adorno's materialist-dialectical aesthetic theory of art from a contemporary perspective, this volume shows how Adorno's critical theory is awash with images crystallising thoughts to such a degree that it has every reason to be described as aesthetic. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230347885
ISBN
9780230347885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

Paperback. In this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to typography. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745699875
ISBN
9780745699875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472583550
ISBN
9781472583550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.08

Paperback. Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 118 pages, 39 color plates. BIC Classification: AJB; FYB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 13. .
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424440
ISBN
9780857424440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.14

Paperback. In his Enquiry Edmund Burke overturned the Platonic tradition in aesthetics and replaced metaphysics with psychology. His revolutions in method and sensibility influenced later philosophers and literary and artistic movements from the Gothic novel to Romanticism and beyond. This new edition guides the reader through Burke's arguments. Editor(s): Guyer, Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199668717
ISBN
9780199668717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Schaberg, Christopher (Loyola University New Orleans USA); Bogost, Professor Ian (Loyola University New Orleans USA). Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 bw illus. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFCK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501315060
ISBN
9781501315060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardback. Argues that art, especially architecture, music, and painting, is born from the disruptive forces of sexual selection. This book approaches art as a form of erotic expression that connects sensory richness with primal desire. It argues that the meaning of art comes from the intensities and sensations it inspires, not just its intention. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages, two color images. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145183
ISBN
9780231145183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195324785
ISBN
9780195324785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.15

Hardback. Editor(s): Woodward, Lecturer in Philosophy Ashley (University of Dundee); Jones, Graham (Loughborough University UK). BIC Classification: APF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474418935
ISBN
9781474418935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.05

Paperback. The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture, dominating the look of its art and commodities as well as our ways of speaking about the ambivalent feelings these objects often inspire. In this study Ngai offers an aesthetic theory for the hypercommodified, mass-mediated, performance-driven world of late capitalism. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; GTE; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088122
ISBN
9780674088122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Hardcover. * Engages design students with the philosophical and ethical underpinnings of their discipline * Written in a clear accessible way suitable for the non-specialist * Builds a strong case for the reassessment of Modernist design ethics * Suitable for students of design, philosophy, ethics, modernism and related subjects. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663883
ISBN
9780745663883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801439704
ISBN
9780801439704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.67

Paperback. Presented in a new edition with expanded notes, this genre-defying meditation on the semiotics of late-1920s Weimar culture, composed of 60 short prose pieces that vary wildly in style and theme, offers a fresh opportunity to encounter Walter Benjamin at his most virtuosic and experimental, writing in a vein that anticipates later masterpieces. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W. Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052291
ISBN
9780674052291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, B&W Illus.: 23,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163477
ISBN
9780231163477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.14

Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152938
ISBN
9780231152938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Series: Philosophical Filmmakers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474221122
ISBN
9781474221122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. An impressive collection bringing together contributions of renowned scholars on the topic of a "New Poetics of Community" that goes beyond both a romantic nostalgia for homogeneity and the myths of social engineering and rational choice. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270927
ISBN
9780823270927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474242028
ISBN
9781474242028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.44

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