Philosophy: aesthetics
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Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback. Explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, bringing together philosophy, art theory, and many examples. This work discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, sex, web sites, and research on the brain's role in perceiving art. It is suitable for the public, introductory students, and teachers in the arts. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 116 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804631
- ISBN
- 9780192804631
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€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
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Paperback. In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics. Num Pages: 254 pages, 8 pp. colour plates, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192853677
- ISBN
- 9780192853677
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.76
€ 16.99
€ 13.76
Hardcover. Theory--an embattled discourse for decades--faces a new challenge from those who want to model the methods of all scholarly disciplines on the sciences. What is urgently needed, says D. N. Rodowick, is a revitalized concept of theory that can assess the limits of scientific explanation and defend the unique character of humanistic understanding. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416673
- ISBN
- 9780674416673
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.38
€ 51.99
€ 43.38
Paperback. Rhetorically charged debates over theory have divided humanities scholars for decades. Rodowick steps back from arguments pro and con to assess why theory has become such a deeply contested concept. Far from lobbying for a return to the high theory of the 1980s, he calls for dialogue on an ethically inflected philosophy of the humanities." Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088153
- ISBN
- 9780674088153
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
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Paperback. This original study examines Jean-Francois Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer." Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; HPCF7; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349480500
- ISBN
- 9781349480500
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Condition: New
€ 50.84
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415772334
- ISBN
- 9780415772334
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 28.40
€ 46.99
€ 28.40
Paperback. A comprehensive, systematic approach to the subject. Written for the philosophical novice. Includes an appendix containing the texts referred to in the book as well as further reading suggestions and a comprehensive glossary. Series: Introducing Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557867315
- ISBN
- 9781557867315
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Condition: New
€ 45.41
€ 45.41
Hardcover. This comprehensive critique examines three dialectical systems, Hegel, Benjamin, and Derrida, and their respective engagement with photography for the unfolding of the system's self-conception. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029935
- ISBN
- 9781137029935
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Condition: New
€ 74.57
€ 74.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AJ; HPC; HPN; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440276
- ISBN
- 9781349440276
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Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
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
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Hardback. While comparative literature is a well-recognized field of study, the notion of comparative arts remains unfamiliar to many. In this book, the author addresses the fundamental question of comparative arts: are there many different arts, or is there one art which takes different forms? Series: The Anthony Hecht Lectures in Humanities Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 58 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HBTB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300186628
- ISBN
- 9780300186628
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Condition: New
€ 56.38€ 44.71
€ 56.38
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCA; JFH; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145411
- ISBN
- 9780231145411
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.44
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Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: HPN; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456. 232 pages, ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPN; JFSL4; JPA. Dimension: 173 x 237 x 20. Weight: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160186
- ISBN
- 9780231160186
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Condition: New
€ 56.38€ 44.86
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Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157698
- ISBN
- 9780231157698
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.43
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Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231157681
- ISBN
- 9780231157681
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Condition: New
€ 103.73€ 79.46
€ 103.73
€ 79.46
Paperback. An exploration of some of Deleuze's key concepts and an introduction to Deleuze's Cinema books. It takes up Deleuze's idea that the true objects of the theory of cinema are the concepts that cinema generates when understood as a practice of images. Translator(s): Marchetti, Sarin. Series: Deleuze Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697731
- ISBN
- 9780748697731
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Condition: New
€ 25.04
€ 25.04
Hardback. Specifically engaging with contemporary art examples, this title offers a comprehensive introduction designed to help students studying aesthetics for the first time to master the subject. It covers such topics as definitions and the ontology of art, interpretation and intention, aesthetic properties and evaluation, emotion and the arts, and more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441198204
- ISBN
- 9781441198204
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Condition: New
€ 145.27
€ 145.27
Hardcover. Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art, and between different artistic disciplines. This book offers a view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116664
- ISBN
- 9781405116664
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Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69
Paperback. * Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116671
- ISBN
- 9781405116671
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.23
€ 47.99
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Paperback. A philosophical exploration of sound and contemporary technoculture that utilizes fictocriticism and the conceit of the dream to engage with the intersection of listening and dreaming. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501320804
- ISBN
- 9781501320804
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Condition: New
€ 28.54
€ 28.54