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  • Silence

    kirjoittanut John Biguenet ...
    Sarja sarja Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist's final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture-in short, as an object we both do and do ... Lue lisää

    12,17 €

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  • On Humour

    kirjoittanut Simon Critchley ...
    Sarja sarja Thinking in Action
    Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell us about being human. Simon Critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour, such as our tendency to laugh at animals and our bodies, why we mock death with comedy and why we think it's funny when ... Lue lisää

    33,89 €

  • Beyond Art

    kirjoittanut Dominic McIver Lopes ...
    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 ... Lue lisää

    30,97 €

  • The Cambridge Companion to Adorno

    Muokkaaja Tom Huhn ...
    Sarja sarja Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The great German philosopher and aesthetic theorist Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (1903–69) was one of the main philosophers of the first generation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. An accomplished musician, Adorno first focused on the theory of culture and art. Later he turned to the problem of the self-defeating dialectic of modern reason and freedom. In this collection of essays, imbued ... Lue lisää

    37,33 €

  • Against Ambience

    kirjoittanut PhD Seth Kim-Cohen ...
    Against Ambience diagnoses - in order to cure - the art world's recent turn toward ambience. Over the course of three short months - June to September, 2013 - the four most prestigious museums in New York indulged the ambience of sound and light: James Turrell at the Guggenheim, Soundings at MoMA, Robert Irwin at the Whitney, and Janet Cardiff at the Met. In addition, two notable shows at smaller ... Lue lisää

    12,47 €

  • Hollywood Aesthetic

    Pleasure in American Cinema

    kirjoittanut Todd Berliner ...
    Hollywood makes the most widely successful pleasure-giving artworks the world has ever known. The industry operates under the assumption that pleasurable aesthetic experiences, among huge populations, translate into box office success. With that goal in mind, Hollywood has systematized the delivery of aesthetic pleasure, packaging and selling it on a massive scale. In Hollywood Aesthetic, Todd ... Lue lisää

    40,39 €

  • Art as Abstract Machine

    Ontology and Aesthetics in Deleuze and Guattari

    kirjoittanut Stephen Zepke ...
    Sarja sarja Studies in Philosophy
    The aim of this book is to understand what Deleuze and Guattari mean by art. Stephen Zepke argues that art, in their account, is an ontological term and an ontological practice that results in a new understanding of aesthetics. For Deleuze and Guattari understanding what art is means understanding how it works, what it does, how it becomes, and finally, how it lives. This book illuminates these ... Lue lisää

    78,22 €

  • Thinking on Screen

    Film as Philosophy

    kirjoittanut Thomas E. Wartenberg ...
    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 ... Lue lisää

    54,75 €

  • Philosophical Romanticism

    Muokkaaja Nikolas Kompridis ...
    Philosophical Romanticism is one of the first books to address the relationship between philosophy and romanticism, an area which is currently undergoing a major revival. This collection of specially-written articles by world-class philosophers explores the contribution of romantic thought to topics such as freedom, autonomy, and subjectivity; memory and imagination; pluralism and practical ... Lue lisää

    54,75 €

  • Surrealism: Key Concepts

    Sarja sarja Key Concepts
    Emerging from the disruption of the First World War, surrealism confronted the resulting ‘crisis of consciousness’ in a way that was arguably more profound than any other cultural movement of the time.The past few decades have seen an expansion of interest in surrealist writers, whose contribution to the history of ideas in the twentieth-century is only now being recognised. Surrealism: Key ... Lue lisää

    39,10 €

  • Vertigo

    Muokkaaja Katalin Makkai ...
    Sarja sarja Philosophers on Film
    Released in 1958, Vertigo is widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. This is the first book devoted to exploring the philosophical aspects of Vertigo. Following an introduction by the editor that places the film in context, each chapter reflects upon Hitchcock’s filmfrom a philosophical perspective. Topics discussed include:memory, loss, ... Lue lisää

    53,44 €

  • Living Off Landscape

    or the Unthought-of in Reason

    Käännös: Pedro Rodriguez ...
    kirjoittanut Francois Jullien ...
    Sarja sarja Global Aesthetic Research
    Is it only through vision that we can perceive a landscape? Is the space opened by the landscape truly an expanse cut off by the horizon? Do we observe a landscape in the way that we watch a 'show'? What, ultimately, does it mean to 'look'?In this important new book, one of France's most influential living theorists argues that the first civilization to truly consider landscape was China. In ... Lue lisää

    30,43 €