D.O - Aesthetics 1

No values figure as pervasively and intimately in our lives as beauty and other aesthetic values. They animate the arts, as well as design, fashion, food, and entertainment. They orient us upon the ……続きを見る

Philosophers say what art is and then scientists and then other scholars study how we are equipped, cognitively and socially, to make art and appreciate it. This time-honoured approach will not work……続きを見る

At the beginning of his career in the 1920s, Adorno sketched a plan to write a major work on the theory of musical reproduction, a task he returned to time and again throughout his career but never ……続きを見る

The Doppelgänger or Double presents literature as the "double" of philosophy. There are historical reasons for this. The genesis of the Doppelgänger is literature's response to the philosophical foc……続きを見る

Rodowick takes after the theories of Hannah Arendt and argues that thinking is an art we practice with and for each other in our communities. In An Education in Judgment, philosopher D. N. Rodowick ……続きを見る

While much has been written on Marcel Duchamp - one of the twentieth century's most beguiling artists - the subject of his flirtation with architecture seems to have been largely overlooked. Yet, in……続きを見る

In Reading the Figural, or, Philosophy after the New Media D. N. Rodowick applies the concept of “the figural” to a variety of philosophical and aesthetic issues. Inspired by the aesthetic philosoph……続きを見る

Examining the social and political upheavals that characterized the collapse of public judgment in early modern Europe, Liberating Judgment offers a unique account of the achievement of liberal demo……続きを見る

In this eagerly awaited follow-up to his international bestsellers Anam Cara and Eternal Echoes, John O'Donohue turns his attention to the subject of beauty - the divine beauty that calls the imagin……続きを見る

What is computer art? Do the concepts we usually employ to talk about art, such as ‘meaning’, ‘form’ or ‘expression’ apply to computer art? A Philosophy of Computer Art is the first book to explore ……続きを見る

(a5, 126 p.) - Ser (tudo) o que se pode ser” traduz-se no desenvolvimento da humanização e/ou da autonomia intelectual, estando estas fundamentadas, entre outras coisas, na capacidade do indivíduo d……続きを見る

Subjects and Simulations presents essays focused on suffering and sublimity, representation and subjectivity, and the relation of truth and appearance in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the wo……続きを見る

Dominic McIver Lopes articulates and defends a 'buck passing theory of art', namely that a work of art is nothing but a work in one of the arts. Having traced philosophical interest in theories of a……続きを見る

Theoryーan embattled discourse for decadesーfaces a new challenge from those who want to model the methods of all scholarly disciplines on the sciences. What is urgently needed, says D. N. Rodowick,……続きを見る

Long after painting, sculpture, photography, and film developed along with their materials - canvas and panel, marble and bronze, and celluloid film - a new generation of art has emerged in which di……続きを見る

Biopics on artists influence the popular perception of artists' lives and work. Projected Art History highlights the narrative structure and images created in the film genre of biopics, in which an ……続きを見る

Extrait : "Le monde qui n'est pas nous, le monde extérieur se manifeste à l'homme de deux façons : par des attributs et par des phénomènes. Les attributs sont les propriétés qui ne varient pas, comm……続きを見る

Rhetorically charged debates over theory have divided scholars of the humanities for decades. In Elegy for Theory, D. N. Rodowick steps back from well-rehearsed arguments pro and con to assess why t……続きを見る

Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century. Re-examines the history ……続きを見る

Schönheit taucht in der gesamten Kulturgeschichte als Attribut der Frauen auf. Wie vielschichtig der Begriff ist, zeigt sich allerdings, sobald Frauen sich als vernunftbegabte Wesen zu Erkennen gebe……続きを見る

Is it merely an accident of English etymology that 'imagination' is cognate with 'image'? Despite the iconoclasm shared to a greater or lesser extent by all Abrahamic faiths, theism tends to assert ……続きを見る

This collection of essays by distinguished authors explores the present-day field of theological aesthetics: from von Balthasar’s contribution and parallel developments to correctives and alternativ……続きを見る

Este libro deja constancia de la proliferación y la complejidad de los fenómenos que aguardan a quienes se interesan por las transformaciones que el saber experimenta en el nuevo territorio de las i……続きを見る

Today’s film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectivesーthey’re just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist André Bazin. To stu……続きを見る

Katya Mandoki advances in this book the thesis that it is not only possible but crucial to open up the field of aesthetics (traditionally confined to the study of art and beauty) toward the richness……続きを見る

Este livro representa um grito de igualdade, liberdade e fraternidade para a América Latina. 続きを見る

Kierkegaard’s Concepts is a comprehensive, multi-volume survey of the key concepts and categories that inform Kierkegaard’s writings. Each article is a substantial, original piece of scholarship, wh……続きを見る

Kierkegaard’s Concepts is a comprehensive, multi-volume survey of the key concepts and categories that inform Kierkegaard’s writings. Each article is a substantial, original piece of scholarship, wh……続きを見る

Filósofo y teólogo, personalidad inclasificable y controvertida, Kierkegaard continúa siendo una referencia para casi todos los pensadores contemporáneos. Doscientos años después de su nacimiento, e……続きを見る

Esto es un ensayo. Escritura que habla de objetos, otra forma de grafía. Objetos que sirven para contar historias, para revelarnos como historia. La reflexión surge de una evidencia: la desaparición……続きを見る