Philosophy: aesthetics
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Philosophy: aesthetics
hardcover. If art and science have one thing in common, it's a hunger for the new - new ideas and innovations, new ways of seeing and depicting the world. The author takes us on a tour of more than two millennia of thinking about the problem of the new, from the puzzles of the pre-Socratics all the way up to the art world of the 1960s and '70s. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226077871
- ISBN
- 9780226077871
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€ 31.99€ 25.01
€ 31.99
€ 25.01
paperback. This text contains essays by Richard Wollheim, illuminating thought at its furthest reaches of introspection and expression. Interweaving philosophy, psychoanalysis and aesthetics, these essays reveal the critical connections between ideas and disciplines often regarded as separate and distinct. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; HPN; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674576124
- ISBN
- 9780674576124
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€ 41.99€ 35.02
€ 41.99
€ 35.02
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804746137
- ISBN
- 9780804746137
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Condition: New
€ 150.11
€ 150.11
hardcover. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748940
- ISBN
- 9780804748940
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€ 150.11
€ 150.11
hardcover. Rediscovering Aesthetics brings together prominent international voices from art history, philosophy and artistic practice who reflect on current notions, functions, and applications of aesthetics in their distinctive fields. Editor(s): Halsall, Francis; Jansen, Julia; O'Connor, Tony. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759908
- ISBN
- 9780804759908
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Condition: New
€ 128.57
€ 128.57
paperback. Editor(s): Matthews, Pamela R.; McWhirter, David. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 920.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816639939
- ISBN
- 9780816639939
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€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
paperback. Series: Design for Social Responsibility. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: AK; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 174. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138252424
- ISBN
- 9781138252424
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€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Art's Undoing is about radical aestheticism, the term that best describes a recurring event in some of the most powerful and resonating texts of nineteenth-century British literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251124
- ISBN
- 9780823251124
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€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
hardcover. This collection reflects on developments in criticism which bear on a debate between different modes of knowledge: a science model and its place in the university versus other ways of conceiving knowledge for which the arts have traditionally been seen as vehicles. Editor(s): Fuller, David; Waugh, Patricia. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198186397
- ISBN
- 9780198186397
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€ 68.17
€ 68.17
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780993010
- ISBN
- 9781780993010
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€ 19.99€ 18.56
€ 19.99
€ 18.56
paperback. Leading philosophers and art theorists engage with the philosophical puzzles raised by conceptual art: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not aim to have aesthetic value? What knowledge or understanding can we gain from conceptual art? How ought we to appreciate conceptual art? Editor(s): Goldie, Peter; Schellekens, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 308 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199568253
- ISBN
- 9780199568253
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€ 61.12
€ 61.12
paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 146.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781501307324
- ISBN
- 9781501307324
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€ 12.99€ 11.67
€ 12.99
€ 11.67
paperback. How do we appreciate a work of art? Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to explore connections between art, mind, and brain, Arthur Shimamura takes findings from psychological and brain sciences to address ways of understanding our aesthetic responses. Num Pages: 304 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 690.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190239077
- ISBN
- 9780190239077
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€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. Philosophers on Music presents significant new contributions to central issues in the philosophy of music, written by leading philosophers working in the analytic tradition. Aestheticians, musicologists, music practitioners, and those interested in philosophy generally will find the papers in this volume rewarding reading. Editor(s): Stock, Kathleen. Num Pages: 274 pages, 25 musical examples. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; HPM; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199587995
- ISBN
- 9780199587995
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€ 60.49
€ 60.49
The Challenge of Surrealism: The Correspondence of Theodor W. Adorno a...
Lenk, Elisabeth, Adorno, Theodor W. Adorno
hardcover. Editor(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816656165
- ISBN
- 9780816656165
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€ 103.06
€ 103.06
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. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781474422932
- ISBN
- 9781474422932
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€ 21.22
€ 21.22
Hardback. Challenges what we understand by modernist aesthetics, their origins, and their implications for how we conceive our relation to the modern world Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823245321
- ISBN
- 9780823245321
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Condition: New
€ 52.18
€ 52.18
Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: AGHF; HPCF7; HPN; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157209
- ISBN
- 9780231157209
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€ 80.45€ 61.86
€ 80.45
€ 61.86
Paperback. The essays in this volume, indebted in great part to Jacques Maritain and to other Neo-Thomists, represent a contribution to an understanding of beauty and the arts within the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition. As such they constitute a different voice in present-day discussions on aesthetics. Editor(s): Ramos, Alice. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- American Maritain Association Washington, D.C.
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966922622
- ISBN
- 9780966922622
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€ 32.89
€ 32.89
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
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Condition: New
€ 134.77
€ 134.77
Paperback. Questions how we analyse works of art after the performative turn and shows how the interplay of performativity (textual action), space and topography, and the converging of genres and art forms is essential in modern drama, theatre, prose fiction, poetry and film. This book fosters a concern for the development of congenial theory. Num Pages: 439 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779344600
- ISBN
- 9788779344600
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€ 44.66
€ 44.66
Paperback. The universe is expanding, the world has gone global, and the US has launched a crusade to export the universal right to democracy to every part of the world. This book examines how contemporary works of art in different media and genres influence, shape, or confront the political realm in both theory and practice by way of the universal. Editor(s): Baggesgaard, Mads Anders; Ladegaard, Jakob. Num Pages: 365 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779345553
- ISBN
- 9788779345553
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€ 44.11
€ 44.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Backstrom, Per; Johansson, Troels Degn. Num Pages: 242 pages, illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nordisk sommeruniversitet NSU Press Sweden
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789188484246
- ISBN
- 9789188484246
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Condition: New
€ 13.75
€ 13.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Petersson, Dag; Steinskog, Erik. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nordisk sommeruniversitet NSU Press Sweden
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789188484253
- ISBN
- 9789188484253
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Condition: New
€ 24.46
€ 24.46