Philosophy: aesthetics
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Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback. Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art. Moving between ancient and modern traditions, it contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that are of concern for contemporary aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092584
- ISBN
- 9780691092584
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Condition: New
€ 57.54€ 44.77
€ 57.54
€ 44.77
Hardback. A seminal figure in the philosophy of history and language, Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) also produced some of the most important and original works in the history of aesthetic theory. His ideas influenced Hegel, Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Dilthey, J S Mill, and Goethe. This book presents most of Herder's important writings on aesthetics. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115955
- ISBN
- 9780691115955
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Condition: New
€ 154.53
€ 154.53
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136127
- ISBN
- 9780691136127
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€ 45.99€ 32.76
€ 45.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. A new introduction to the ideas of a thinker who greatly influenced the 1960s protest movements. Part of the 'Modern European Thinkers' series. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 black & white images. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745330389
- ISBN
- 9780745330389
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€ 45.99€ 34.90
€ 45.99
€ 34.90
Paperback. A study of Continental philosophy and aesthetics, from Kant to the present day, discussing the work and aesthetic theory of such figures as Heidegger, Derrida and Adorno. Num Pages: 302 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745612416
- ISBN
- 9780745612416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Hardback. In this important new study, Pieter Duvenage shows that Habermas's work on aesthetics, far from being marginal to his core concerns, is central to understanding and evaluating Habermasa s entire theoretical enterprise. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745615974
- ISBN
- 9780745615974
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Condition: New
€ 75.95
€ 75.95
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.
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- 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
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
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
€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Hardback. Aesthetics is a historical regime of the identification of art. This regime is paradoxical, because it founds the autonomy of art only at the price of suppressing the boundaries separating its practices and its objects from those of everyday life and of making free aesthetic play into the promise of a new revolution. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646305
- ISBN
- 9780745646305
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Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Hardback. Examines why the use of Freudian concepts for the interpretation of literary and artistic works plays such an important role in demonstrating the contemporary relevance of psychoanalytic concepts. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 191 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646435
- ISBN
- 9780745646435
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.51
€ 51.99
€ 51.51
Paperback. A work that is not concerned with the use of Freudian concepts for the interpretation of literary and artistic works. Rather, it is concerned with why this interpretation plays such an important role in demonstrating the contemporary relevance of psychoanalytic concepts. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 189 x 123 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646442
- ISBN
- 9780745646442
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Condition: New
€ 21.34
€ 21.34
Hardback. Antonio Negri is an internationally famous political thinker. The book consists of nine letters on art written by Negri, about his conception of art in the postmodern world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648996
- ISBN
- 9780745648996
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.36
€ 53.99
€ 53.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649153
- ISBN
- 9780745649153
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Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680620
- ISBN
- 9780745680620
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Condition: New
€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408. Dialectics of Criticism and Culture. 320 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPN. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486838
- ISBN
- 9780801486838
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.95
€ 40.99
€ 35.95
Hardback. Marshall asks what it means for these authors to view the world through the frame of art. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882333
- ISBN
- 9780801882333
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Condition: New
€ 54.66€ 49.82
€ 54.66
€ 49.82
Paperback. Imagining an encounter between Moliere's Don Juan and Austin, this bold yet subtle meditation contemplates the seductive promises of speech and of love, in a telling exchange among philosophy, linguistics, literature, and Lacanian theory. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744539
- ISBN
- 9780804744539
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.41
€ 26.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. The book makes available for the first time in English-and for the first time in its entirety in any language-an important yet little known interview that Jacques Derrida granted on the question of photography and its relation to such key deconstructive concepts as copy, archive, and signature. Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AJG; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760973
- ISBN
- 9780804760973
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.12
€ 21.99
€ 21.12
Hardback. Heidegger Among the Sculptors is a provocative illustrated examination of Heidegger's sculptural writings that shows how they rethink the relationship between bodies and space and the place of art in our lives. Num Pages: 144 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770224
- ISBN
- 9780804770224
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Condition: New
€ 101.07
€ 101.07
Paperback. The book shows how pictorial art conveys aesthetic transcendence--a felt, though symbolic experience of going beyond our finite limitations that sometimes involves a sense of communing with God Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798464
- ISBN
- 9780804798464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41