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  • Bioaesthetics

    Making Sense of Life in Science and the Arts

    Serier serie Posthumanities
    In recent years, bioaesthetics has used the latest discoveries in evolutionary studies and neuroscience to provide new ways of looking at art and aesthetics. Carsten Strathausen’s remarkable exploration of this emerging field is the first comprehensive account of its ideas, as well as a timely critique of its limitations.Strathausen familiarizes readers with the basics of bioaesthetics, grounding ... Læs mere

    204,49 kr.

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  • Either/Or

    A Fragment of Life

    In Either/Or, using the voices of two characters - the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section - Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A ... Læs mere

    111,85 kr.

  • Deleuze on Music, Painting, and the Arts

    af Ronald Bogue ...
    Serier serie Deleuze and the Arts
    Bogue provides a systematic overview and introduction to Deleuze's writings on music and painting, and an assessment of their position within his aesthetics as a whole. Deleuze on Music, Painting and the Arts breaks new ground in the scholarship on Deleuze's aesthetics, while providing a clear and accessible guide to his often overlooked writings in the fields of music and painting. ... Læs mere

    473,45 kr.

  • On the New

    af Boris Groys ...
    Oversat af G M Goshgarian ...
    On the New looks at the economies of exchange and valuation that drive modern culture's key sites: the intellectual marketplace and the archive. As ideas move from one context to another, newness is created. This continuous shifting of the line that separates the valuable from the worthless, culture from profanity, is at the center of Boris Groys's investigation which aims to map the uncharted ... Læs mere

    80,72 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Art

    Dominic McIver Lopes articulates and defends a 'buck passing theory of art', namely that a work of art is nothing but a work in one of the arts. Having traced philosophical interest in theories of art to a reaction to certain puzzle cases of avant-garde art, he argues that none of the theories that have dominated philosophy since the 1960s adequately copes with these works. Whereas these theories ... Læs mere

    288,56 kr.

  • Introducing Kant

    A Graphic Guide

    Serier serie Graphic Guides
    Immanuel Kant laid the foundations of modern Western thought. Every subsequent major philosopher owes a profound debt to Kant's attempts to delimit human reason as an appropriate object of philosophical enquiry. And yet, Kant's relentless systematic formalism made him a controversial figure in the history of the philosophy that he helped to shape.Introducing Kant focuses on the three critiques of ... Læs mere

    37,44 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Heritage, Culture, and Politics in the Postcolony

    The act of remaking one's history into a heritage, a conscientiously crafted narrative placed over the past, is a thriving industry in almost every postcolonial culture. This is surprising, given the tainted role of heritage in so much of colonialism's history. Yet the postcolonial state, like its European predecessor of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, deploys heritage institutions and ... Læs mere

    480,98 kr.

  • Philosophy of Music

    An Introduction

    af R.A. Sharpe ...
    This lively and lucid introduction to the philosophy of music concentrates on the issues that illuminate musical listening and practice. It examines the conceptual debates relevant to the understanding and performing of music and grounds the philosophy to practical matters throughout. Ideal for a beginning readership with little philosophical background, the author provides an overview of the ... Læs mere

    473,45 kr.

  • Panaesthetics

    On the Unity and Diversity of the Arts

    Serier serie Anthony Hecht Lectures in Humanities
    While comparative literature is a well-recognized field of study, the notion of comparative arts remains unfamiliar to many. In this fascinating book, Daniel Albright addresses the fundamental question of comparative arts: Are there many different arts, or is there one art which takes different forms? He considers various artistic media, especially literature, music, and painting, to discover ... Læs mere

    240,53 kr.

  • Thinking on Screen

    Film as Philosophy

    Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophical ideas. Written in a clear and engaging style, Thomas Wartenberg examines films’ ability to discuss, and even criticize ideas that have intrigued and puzzled philosophers over the centuries such as the nature of personhood, the basis of morality, and ... Læs mere

    473,45 kr.

  • In Defense of Reading

    Why should we read? We assume that reading is good for us, but often we cannot articulate exactly what it does for us. In this fascinating book, Sarah Worth addresses from a philosophical perspective the many ways in which reading benefits us morally, socially, and cognitively.Worth leads her readers through the subtle questions of the ways in which we understand fiction, nonfiction, and the ... Læs mere

    323,46 kr.

  • The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music

    Redigeret af Theodore Gracyk, Andrew Kania ...
    Serier serie Routledge Philosophy Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in philosophy and music. Over fifty entries by an international team of contributors are organised into six clear sections:general issuesemotionhistoryfigureskinds of musicmusic, philosophy and related disciplinesThe Routledge Companion to Philosophy and ... Læs mere

    785,57 kr.