Beauty
A Very Short Introduction
(Sprache: Englisch)
A thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty, which explores what it means to be beautiful. Argues against the notion that judgements of beauty are purely subjective and relative.
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A thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty, which explores what it means to be beautiful. Argues against the notion that judgements of beauty are purely subjective and relative.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Beauty “
- Preface
- 1: Judging beauty
- 2: Human beauty
- 3: Natural beauty
- 4: Everyday beauty
- 5: Artistic beauty
- 6: Taste and order
- 7: Art and Eros
- 8: The flight from beauty
- 9: Concluding thoughts
- Notes and Further Reading
Autoren-Porträt von Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton was research Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences based in Arlington, Virginia. His previous academic affiliations have been Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London, and subsequently Professor of Philosophy and University Professor at Boston University. His published works range from academic philosophy, specialising in aesthetics, to fiction, and political and cultural commentary. They includeOn Hunting (1998), An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Culture (1998), Spinoza (1998), Perictione in Colophon (2000), and England: an Elegy (2000). Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Roger Scruton
- 2011, 208 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 11,3 x 17,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199229759
- ISBN-13: 9780199229758
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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