Philosophy: aesthetics
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Philosophy: aesthetics
Intercultural Aesthetics: A Worldview Perspective (Einstein Meets Magr...
Antoon Van Den Braembussche (Ed.)
Paperback. This marvelous book is a compilation of outstanding articles written about art from cross-cultural points of view, effecting a wider perspective of our world and a deeper insight into the art that enriches it. Editor(s): Braembussche, Antoon Van den (Free University of Brussels); Kimmerle, Heinz; Note, Nicole. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; HPD; HPN; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048171385
- ISBN
- 9789048171385
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€ 121.95
€ 121.95
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 237 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628924091
- ISBN
- 9781628924091
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€ 13.99€ 11.48
€ 13.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Oslo Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788274773745
- ISBN
- 9788274773745
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€ 42.99€ 30.27
€ 42.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. Environmental aesthetics explores the meaning and influence of environmental perception and experience on human life. Arguing for the idea that environment is fully integrated and continuous with us, this book explores the aesthetic dimensions of the human-environment continuum in both theoretical terms and concrete situations. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393348
- ISBN
- 9781566393348
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.86
€ 46.99
€ 41.86
hardcover. Here, the theory of environmental aesthetics is related to our active appreciation of the prosaic landscapes of home, recreation or work. This leads to the discovery of hidden continuities, as well as the pleasure and meaning we receive from our understanding of our environment. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; HPN; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700608119
- ISBN
- 9780700608119
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Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74
Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Foreword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163895
- ISBN
- 9780691163895
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
€ 21.99
€ 17.49
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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Condition: New
€ 54.64
€ 54.64
Paperback. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HRCC96; HRCM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274550
- ISBN
- 9780823274550
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HRCC96; HRCM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274543
- ISBN
- 9780823274543
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€ 112.82
€ 112.82
Paperback. This book mounts a critique of persistently romantic assumptions in contemporary literary criticism and advances an original theory of literary production. Along the way, it offers new readings of major modernist novels of Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270064
- ISBN
- 9780823270064
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.17
€ 35.99
€ 32.17
Hardback. This book mounts a critique of persistently romantic assumptions in contemporary literary criticism and advances an original theory of literary production. Along the way, it offers new readings of major modernist novels of Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270057
- ISBN
- 9780823270057
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Condition: New
€ 96.63
€ 96.63
Hardback. Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630380
- ISBN
- 9780745630380
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Condition: New
€ 70.74
€ 70.74
Paperback. Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630397
- ISBN
- 9780745630397
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Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Babich, Babette E. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 518 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN; HR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 783.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048159260
- ISBN
- 9789048159260
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Condition: New
€ 240.78
€ 240.78
Hardcover. In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275448
- ISBN
- 9781137275448
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Condition: New
€ 64.27
€ 64.27
Paperback. Shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; HPN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356585
- ISBN
- 9780822356585
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.18
€ 34.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. Shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. This book argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas and expression. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; HPN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356462
- ISBN
- 9780822356462
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Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Hardback. The Sublime in Schopenhauer's Philosophy transforms our understanding of Schopenhauer's aesthetics and anthropology. Vandenabeele seeks ultimately to rework Schopenhauer's theory into a viable form so as to establish the sublime as a distinctive aesthetic category with a broader existential and metaphysical significance. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HPN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358684
- ISBN
- 9781137358684
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Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Paperback. Jean-Francois Lyotard was one of the founding members of the College Internationale de philosophie. Ha has taught at Vincennes, Saint Denis and is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Irvine. Several of his books have appeared in English, notable The Postmodern Condition, Just Gaming and The Dirrerend. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 half-tones, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631163398
- ISBN
- 9780631163398
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Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
Hardback. Represents a step in the exploration of the dimension of spirituality in Marxist thought. Contributors, both Marxist and non-Marxist, from various countries, reflect on such concerns as the spiritual implications of Marxism and its critiques of economic determinism, alienation, and more. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897892919
- ISBN
- 9780897892919
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Condition: New
€ 85.72€ 77.25
€ 85.72
€ 77.25
Hardback.
In this important new book, the leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and aesthetics in our contemporary hyperindustrial age. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652641
- ISBN
- 9780745652641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.45
€ 58.45
Paperback.
In this important new book, the leading cultural theorist andphilosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship betweenpolitics and aesthetics in our contemporary hyperindustrial age. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652658
- ISBN
- 9780745652658
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Condition: New
€ 20.85
€ 20.85
Hardback. In this important new book, leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and art in the contemporary world. Our hyper-industrial epoch represents what Stiegler terms a 'katastroph of the sensible'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652665
- ISBN
- 9780745652665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.59
€ 64.59
Paperback. In this important new book, leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and art in the contemporary world. Our hyper-industrial epoch represents what Stiegler terms a 'katastroph of the sensible'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652672
- ISBN
- 9780745652672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.80
€ 22.80