Aesthetics

Twelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein’s film theory and in particular his analysis of ...

In Today's Art World Many Strange, Even Shocking, Things Qualify As Art. In This Very Short Introduction Cynthia Freeland Explains Why Innovation And Contro...

Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditiona...

Starting from the premise that we can no longer afford to live in a disenchanted world, Moore shows that a profound, enchanted engagement with life is not...

Approaching The Philosophy Of Natural Beauty -- Imagination, Belief And The Aesthetics Of Nature -- Formalism - Science And Nature Aesthetics -- Pluralism -...

Many Individuals Agree That Art Is Important Even If They Don't Know What It Is. Most Agree That Art Matters And Has Value But Are Unable To Provide A Reaso...

This Collection Of Original Essays By Many Of Today's Preeminent Interpreters Of Continental Philosophy Explores The Question Of Whether Western Thought And...

Like Dewey, He Has Revolted Against The Empiricist Dogma And The Kantian Dualisms Which Have Compartmentalized Philosophical Thought. . . . Unlike Dewey, He...

This Book Argues That An Attentive Encounter With Nature Is Of Key Importance For The Development Of An Environmentally Appropriate Culture. The Fundamental...

Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says ac...

In this provocative, witty, and thoroughly researched inquiry into what we find beautiful and why, Nancy Etcoff skewers one of our culture's most enduring ...

Drones Are In The Newspaper, On The Tv Screen, Swarming Through The Networks, And Soon, We're Told, They'll Be Delivering Our Shopping. But What Are Drones?...

An acclaimed philosopher  and new father argues that engaging with beauty can make life worth living\You didn't choose to live this life, in this body, in...

Nelson Goodman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyMovements

Introduction to the Philosophy of Law: Readings and Cases employs a combination of case-based and theory-based materials to show novices in the field how th...

Stop curating! And think what curating is all about. This book starts from this simple premise: thinking the activity of curating. To do that, it distinguis...