Philosophy: aesthetics
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Philosophy: aesthetics
paperback. From German idealism onward, Western thinkers have sought to revalue tragedy, invariably converging at one cardinal point: tragic art risks aestheticizing real violence. Tragically Speaking critically examines this revaluation, offering a new understanding of the changing meaning of tragedy in literary and moral discourse. Series: Symploke Studies in Contemporary Theory. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803240919
- ISBN
- 9780803240919
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Condition: New
€ 53.80
€ 53.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC9; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485893
- ISBN
- 9780801485893
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.66
€ 37.99
€ 31.66
Hardcover. Exploring the philosophical significance of Oscar Wilde's life and work, this text places him in the continental continuum of aesthetic philosophy from Kant through Nietzsche to Adorno. The author attempts to define Wilde's concept of what art is and is not, and its relation to the everyday. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917283
- ISBN
- 9780813917283
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Condition: New
€ 76.28
€ 76.28
Paperback. This text attempts to define Wilde's conceptions of what art is and is not, what the experience of art means, and the relations between the work of art and the sphere of the ethical everyday. It traces his thought from its resonance in his life through its development within aesthetic philosophy. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918884
- ISBN
- 9780813918884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.05
€ 31.05
Hardcover. In this text, Schaffer analyzes writers such as Lucas Malet, Ouida, Alice Meynell, Rosamund Marriott Watson and Una Ashworth Taylor. These women used aestheticism to forge a compromise between the two models of female identity available to them - the New Woman and the Angel in the House. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919362
- ISBN
- 9780813919362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.52
€ 88.52
Paperback. In this text, Schaffer analyzes writers such as Lucas Malet, Ouida, Alice Meynell, Rosamund Marriott Watson and Una Ashworth Taylor. These women used aestheticism to forge a compromise between the two models of female identity available to them - the New Woman and the Angel in the House. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919379
- ISBN
- 9780813919379
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Condition: New
€ 46.97
€ 46.97
Hardcover. Includes essays that explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process - a concern for the environment or for social justice - relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. This book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Editor(s): Iliescu, Sanda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 102 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927602
- ISBN
- 9780813927602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.41
€ 77.41
Paperback. Includes essays that explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process - a concern for the environment or for social justice - relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. This book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Editor(s): Iliescu, Sanda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 102 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927725
- ISBN
- 9780813927725
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Condition: New
€ 38.69
€ 38.69
hardcover. Reinterpreting the Victorian aesthetic movement, this volume traces the genealogy of Victorian aestheticism back to the great crisis of the Whig polity in the earlier-18th century. It also examines the influence and consequences of Anthony Ashley Cooper's theory of a universal moral sense. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916347
- ISBN
- 9780813916347
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Condition: New
€ 75.47
€ 75.47
Hardback. Music has extraordinary power to move us, but how and why does it affect us? What is going on, emotionally, physically and cognitively when listeners have strong emotional responses to music? This is a highly readable, original and philosophically important book for anyone who has ever been moved by music. Num Pages: 183 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; HPM; HPN; JMR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230209893
- ISBN
- 9780230209893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Hardcover. A collection of newly composed essays, some with a historical focus and some with a contemporary focus, which addresses the problem of explaining the appeal of artworks whose appreciation entails negative or difficult emotions on the appreciator's part - what has traditionally been known as "the paradox of tragedy". Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230349834
- ISBN
- 9780230349834
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Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HPN; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600911
- ISBN
- 9780230600911
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Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312068271
- ISBN
- 9780312068271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.24
€ 123.24
Hardcover. This work provides a unitary reading of the "Critique of Judgement", situated in relation to Kant's attempt to think ends in general. The question of how to think ends is argued to guide Kant in his treatment of aesthetics and teleology and to provide the rationale for critique. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333732229
- ISBN
- 9780333732229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.49
€ 122.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Dziemidok, Bohdan; McCormick, Peter. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792300717
- ISBN
- 9780792300717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.26
€ 192.26
Hardback. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792304180
- ISBN
- 9780792304180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.38
€ 125.38
Hardback. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792307389
- ISBN
- 9780792307389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.88
€ 191.88
Hardback. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792310143
- ISBN
- 9780792310143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.85
€ 246.85
Hardback. A collection of essays in appreciation, analysis and honor of Paul Ziff, one of the leading American philosophers of the post-World War II period. It addresses questions that loomed large in Ziff's own work. It contains essays by Zeno Vendler, Jay Rosenberg, and Tom Patton who address topics in philosophy of language. Editor(s): Jamieson, Dale. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328100
- ISBN
- 9780792328100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.67
€ 190.67
hardcover. Focusing on aesthetics, this book provides a theory of emotion; application of the cognitive-emotive theory to aesthetics; analysis of the relationship between aesthetics, metaphor and emotion; a full theory of meaning and its application to aesthetics; and more. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792336181
- ISBN
- 9780792336181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.68
€ 191.68