Philosophy: aesthetics

As interest in aesthetic experience evolved in the eighteenth century, discussions of the sublime located two opposed accounts of its place and use.

As interest in aesthetic experience evolved in the eighteenth century, discussions of the sublime located two opposed accounts of its place and use.

Although various aesthetic themes have preoccupied many major philosophers, from Plato to Goodman, the central questions of the philosophy of art have remained ill-defined.

Although various aesthetic themes have preoccupied many major philosophers, from Plato to Goodman, the central questions of the philosophy of art have remained ill-defined.

Philosophers and psychologists both investigate the self, but often in isolation from one another.

Philosophers and psychologists both investigate the self, but often in isolation from one another.

We all have moral beliefs.

We all have moral beliefs.

Icons provide depictions of God or encounters with the divine that enable reflection and prayer.

Nietzsche is no longer a marginal figure in the study of philosophy.

Nietzsche is no longer a marginal figure in the study of philosophy.

Icons provide depictions of God or encounters with the divine that enable reflection and prayer.

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A survey of the changes in the advertising industry in the last twenty years including coverage of the emergence of international conglomerates and the diversification of the agencies into public relations and media buying.

A survey of the changes in the advertising industry in the last twenty years including coverage of the emergence of international conglomerates and the diversification of the agencies into public relations and media buying.

The work of Jean-Francois Lyotard signals the return of judgement to the centre of philosophical concerns.

The work of Jean-Francois Lyotard signals the return of judgement to the centre of philosophical concerns.

The idea that the human body consists of 'subtle bodies' - psycho-spiritual essences - can be found in a variety of esoteric traditions.

The idea that the human body consists of 'subtle bodies' - psycho-spiritual essences - can be found in a variety of esoteric traditions.

First Published in 1990.

First Published in 1990.

This book explores the relationship between art and philosophy.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is known and celebrated as a renowned phenomenologist and is considered a key figure in the existentialist movement.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is known and celebrated as a renowned phenomenologist and is considered a key figure in the existentialist movement.

This collection brings together some of the most prominent critics of contemporary poetry and some of the most significant poets working in the English language today, to offer a critical assessment of the nature and function of poetic thought.

This collection brings together some of the most prominent critics of contemporary poetry and some of the most significant poets working in the English language today, to offer a critical assessment of the nature and function of poetic thought.

Sport and Art explores relationship of sport to art.

Sport and Art explores relationship of sport to art.

Design and Aesthetics: A Reader is a comprehensive student reader on design history and aesthetic theory.

Design and Aesthetics: A Reader is a comprehensive student reader on design history and aesthetic theory.

Tranquillisers are prescribed to almost twice as many women as men, yet very little gender-based research has been carried out on the social context of their use.

Tranquillisers are prescribed to almost twice as many women as men, yet very little gender-based research has been carried out on the social context of their use.

It has often been claimed, and frequently denied, that music derives some or all of its artistic value from the relation in which it stands to the emotions.

It has often been claimed, and frequently denied, that music derives some or all of its artistic value from the relation in which it stands to the emotions.

In this book, Christine Tappolet offers readers a thorough, wide-ranging, and highly accessible introduction to the philosophy of emotions.

In this book, Christine Tappolet offers readers a thorough, wide-ranging, and highly accessible introduction to the philosophy of emotions.

Literature, like the visual arts, poses its own philosophical problems.

Literature, like the visual arts, poses its own philosophical problems.

The Marquis de Sade is famous for his forbidden novels like Justine, Juliette, and the 120 Days of Sodom.

The Marquis de Sade is famous for his forbidden novels like Justine, Juliette, and the 120 Days of Sodom.

This timely collection of essays is the first to be written on the work of Maurice Blanchot in English.

This timely collection of essays is the first to be written on the work of Maurice Blanchot in English.

From Romanticism to Critical Theory explores the philosophical origins of literary theory via the tradition of German philosophy that began with the Romantic reaction to Kant.

From Romanticism to Critical Theory explores the philosophical origins of literary theory via the tradition of German philosophy that began with the Romantic reaction to Kant.

The modern society of consumption is a society of fashion.

The modern society of consumption is a society of fashion.

Looking at the philosophical issues raised by food this short and accessible book questions the place food should have in our individual lives.

Looking at the philosophical issues raised by food this short and accessible book questions the place food should have in our individual lives.

Drawing from early modern plays and treatises on the precepts and practices of the acting process, this study shows how the early modern Spanish actress subscribed to various somatic practices in an effort to prepare for a role.