Philosophy: aesthetics

Renaissance Theory presents an animated conversation among art historians about the optimal ways of conceptualizing Renaissance art, and the links between Renaissance art and contemporary art and theory.

Renaissance Theory presents an animated conversation among art historians about the optimal ways of conceptualizing Renaissance art, and the links between Renaissance art and contemporary art and theory.

Walter Benjamin, Religion, and Aesthetics is an innovative and creative attempt to unsettle and reconceive the key concepts of religious studies through a reading with, and against, Walter Benjamin.

Walter Benjamin, Religion, and Aesthetics is an innovative and creative attempt to unsettle and reconceive the key concepts of religious studies through a reading with, and against, Walter Benjamin.

In an age where art history's questions are now expected to receive answers, Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative.

In an age where art history's questions are now expected to receive answers, Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative.

Language and History in Theodor W.

Language and History in Theodor W.

The dominance of advertising in everyday life carries potent cultural meaning.

The dominance of advertising in everyday life carries potent cultural meaning.

Who cares about details?

Who cares about details?

How can Wii Sports teach us about metaphysics?

How can Wii Sports teach us about metaphysics?

Pamela M.

Pamela M.

What can neuroscience contribute to the psychodynamic understanding of creativity and the imagination?

What can neuroscience contribute to the psychodynamic understanding of creativity and the imagination?

Hermeneutics and Music Criticism forges new perspectives on aesthetics, politics and contemporary interpretive strategies.

Hermeneutics and Music Criticism forges new perspectives on aesthetics, politics and contemporary interpretive strategies.

This is the first comprehensive introduction to Deleuze's work on literature.

This is the first comprehensive introduction to Deleuze's work on literature.

First published in 1916 in German, this important work has never been translated into English--until now.

First published in 1916 in German, this important work has never been translated into English--until now.

In this book, Tjeu van den Berk examines C.

In this book, Tjeu van den Berk examines C.

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time has long fascinated philosophers for its complex accounts of time, personal identity and narrative, amongst many other themes.

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time has long fascinated philosophers for its complex accounts of time, personal identity and narrative, amongst many other themes.

First Published in 2001.

First Published in 2001.

This book examines the role of aesthetic experience in learning science and in science education from the perspective of knowledge as action and language use.

This book examines the role of aesthetic experience in learning science and in science education from the perspective of knowledge as action and language use.

In this unprecedented collection, over twenty of the world's most prominent thinkers on the subject including Arthur Danto, Stephen Melville, Wendy Steiner, Alexander Nehamas, and Jay Bernstein ponder the disconnect between these two disciplines.

In this unprecedented collection, over twenty of the world's most prominent thinkers on the subject including Arthur Danto, Stephen Melville, Wendy Steiner, Alexander Nehamas, and Jay Bernstein ponder the disconnect between these two disciplines.

This study follows the aesthetic of the sublime from Burke and Kant, through Wordsworth and the Shelleys, into Thackeray, Dickens, Eliot and Hardy.

This study follows the aesthetic of the sublime from Burke and Kant, through Wordsworth and the Shelleys, into Thackeray, Dickens, Eliot and Hardy.

This book examines the relationship between nihilism and postmodernism in relation to the sublime, and is divided into three parts: history, theory, and praxis.

This book examines the relationship between nihilism and postmodernism in relation to the sublime, and is divided into three parts: history, theory, and praxis.

Analyzing the different modes of appearance and application of the most ubiquitous medium in art and ritual, this book examines the aesthetics, anthropology, ethnography and history of paint.

The aim of this book is to understand what Deleuze and Guattari mean by art.

The aim of this book is to understand what Deleuze and Guattari mean by art.

Sublimity addresses the nature of the sublime experience itself, and the function that experience has played, and continues to play, within aesthetic discourse.

Sublimity addresses the nature of the sublime experience itself, and the function that experience has played, and continues to play, within aesthetic discourse.

In this volume, Paul Bishop investigates the extent to which analytical psychology draws on concepts found in German classical aesthetics.

In this volume, Paul Bishop investigates the extent to which analytical psychology draws on concepts found in German classical aesthetics.

This volume represents one of the first major scholarly efforts to unravel the psychological and symbolic processing of political advertising.

This volume represents one of the first major scholarly efforts to unravel the psychological and symbolic processing of political advertising.

In Projecting a Camera, film theorist Edward Branigan offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding film theory.

In Projecting a Camera, film theorist Edward Branigan offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding film theory.

This book presents an up-to-date introduction to the subject that captures the excitement and passion of art itself.