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L’occidente contemporaneo sembra brulicante di politici dal carisma grottesco, d’individui sorridenti che – per scopi deviati – esasperano la dialettica amico-nemico per scioccare l’audience, di per……続きを見る

Desplegando una documentación amplia e inexplorada, este volumen pionero se encarga de desmentir el mito de la creatividad menor y accesoria de las mujeres. Se trata de entender si y hasta qué punto……続きを見る

La filosofía de George Santayana representa una de las elaboraciones más significativas y profundas del pensamiento americano de principios del siglo xx. El libro propone una mirada nueva hacia aque……続きを見る

A modo de antología, se presentan unos materiales textuales, con un hilo conductor común que subraya el nuevo enfoque que el siglo XVIII concedió a las cuestiones del ámbito de 'la Estética'. Esta n……続きを見る

This volume brings together decades of research in philosophical theology on the concepts of justice, art, and liturgy. One might be inclined to think that reflections on these topics should take pl……続きを見る

Un voyageur entend une voix. Il ne sait pas d'où elle vient. Quand il se rend compte de son origine, il n'arrive pas à y croire car c'est en fait son ombre qui lui parle. L'ombre de ses pensées, la ……続きを見る

Se entiende y se siente con facilidad la relación entre la belleza y el bien. Pero, ¿qué relación puede haber entre la belleza y el mal? El mal y las acciones perversas están ahí y son una experienc……続きを見る

Biofiction is literature that names its protagonist after an actual historical figure, and it has become a dominant literary form over the last 35 years. What has not yet been scholarly acknowledged……続きを見る

Red Aesthetics offers a new way to think about art and politics, focusing on the revolutionary work of Aleksandr Rodchenko, Bertolt Brecht, and Sergei Eisenstein between the wars. Todd Cronan shows ……続きを見る

Chiara Bottici’s influential work on imaginal politics has provided a rich theoretical framework and incisive critical analysis with which to engage the contemporary world. Rethinking the image as a……続きを見る

El arte contemporáneo goza de actualidad. Apenas hay ciudad que no tenga un centro dedicado a él. Existen multitud de cátedras y proyectos de investigación destinados a estudiarlo. Pero ¿qué signifi……続きを見る

What is a television series? A widespread answer takes it to be a totality of episodes and seasons. Luca Bandirali and Enrico Terrone argue against this characterization. In Concept TV: An Aesthetic……続きを見る

This book examines Leo Tolstoy’s struggle to understand the relationship of God and man, in connection with his attempt to answer questions regarding the meaning of life. Tolstoy addressed such issu……続きを見る

Home and Away explores how performative writing serve as a process that critically interrogates space/place in relation to personal, social, cultural, and political understanding. By combining aesth……続きを見る

This book focuses on the reconfiguration of aesthetic anthropology into an anthropological problem of cogitation, opening up a fascinating new dialogue between the domains of anthropology, philosoph……続きを見る

Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory offers a critical analysis of the methodological constants and shared critical strategies in the history of theoretical discourse on Western ……続きを見る

Songs of Kabir Rabindranath Tagore - Kabir lived in the 15th Century (1440-1518); born to Mohammadan parents; he came under the influence of the famous Hindu saint; Sri Ramananda and delved deep int……続きを見る

Nelle parole di Claudio Borghi si scorge ciò che è sempre “nascosto” agli occhi del fruitore. Se si parte dalla premessa che un’opera d’arte, di qualunque natura essa sia, risulti ontologicamente in……続きを見る

This book analyzes the cinematic superhero as social practice. The study’s critical context brings together psychoanalysis and restorative and reflective nostalgia as a way of understanding the ideo……続きを見る

Truth and Wonder is an accessible introduction to Plato and Aristotle, showing their crucial influence for literary and cultural studies, modern languages and related disciplines. It focusses on bot……続きを見る

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. When is the “beautiful game” at its most beautiful? How does football function as a lens th……続きを見る

The following essays (written between 2010 and 2018) all began as blog posts documenting observations made whilst working in the virtual world Second Life. In the shift from social interaction in th……続きを見る

With the COVID-19 crisis forcing us to reflect in a dramatic way on the limits of the human and the implications of the Anthropocene Age, this timely volume addresses these concerns through an explo……続きを見る

El arte dice y se dice de muchas maneras. Por ello, han sido también diversos los modos de abordarlo desde la estética filosófica a lo largo de la historia de esta disciplina. Este ensayo construye ……続きを見る

In The Aesthetic Value of the World, Tom Cochrane defends Aestheticism, the claim that everything is aesthetically valuable and that a life lived in pursuit of aesthetic value can be a particularly ……続きを見る

What are the arts? What functions do the arts serve in human life? There has been a surge of cognitive, biological, and evolutionary interest in the arts in recent years, most of it oriented towards……続きを見る

Addressing Jean Rhys's composition and positioning of her fiction, this book invites and challenges us to read the tacit, silent and explicit textual bearings she offers and reveals new insights abo……続きを見る

This book, taking its point of departure from Stanley Cavell’s claim that philosophy and autobiography are dimensions of each other, aims to explore some of the relations between these forms of refl……続きを見る

Learning to Look is a wandering journey through the nature of art - and the ways it can transform us, if we let it. Author of Infinite Baseball, Alva Noë, presents a collection of short, stimulating……続きを見る

Historical and theoretical discussions that describe and reflect on personal objects from a variety of perspectives. The Cultural Power of Personal Objects seeks to understand the value and efficacy……続きを見る