CK - Aesthetics 1

On the cusp of the twenty-first century, the notion of art as revelation of reality held sway in film aesthetics and criticism. Where did this seemingly naive belief in the vocation of art originate……続きを見る

The Unbearable Frenchness of Being: Albert Camus's Expensive Depression for Beginners Finally, a philosophy book that admits what we're all thinking: Camus was basically a very attractive man who tu……続きを見る

Si un pequeño guijarro es arrastrado por las olas y queda encajado en la grieta de una roca, este acontecimiento no tendría sentido, como observa Kalevi Kull, sin la presencia de un observador exter……続きを見る

In "Elevate Your Life," Shadrack Tloboro takes you on a transformative journey through his personal experiences, offering profound insights into personal growth and self-discovery. This compelling n……続きを見る

“Will you not memorize a little poetry to halt the slaughter?” the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish wrote. Darwish’s poetic statement points to world-evacuating and genocidal violencesーin a triangu……続きを見る

In this ground-breaking work, Frederick Beiser argues that Georg Simmel was one of the foremost yet overlooked philosophers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Whilst Simmel’s work was crucia……続きを見る

Critical conversations and reflections about lessons learned at the intersection of social movements and artist production. Diversity of Aesthetics collects powerful and timely conversations among l……続きを見る

In September, 1962, two 18-year-old freshmen at Brown University named Bob Waxler and David Beckman first crossed paths. They quickly discovered they had a lot in common, especially an abiding fasci……続きを見る

Delve into the profound exploration of knowledge and human nature with An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke. This seminal work invites readers to question the origins of ……続きを見る

"#1 Bestselling Author." Translation: I followed the rules, pandered to the algorithm, and got a sticker from the same system that rewards mediocrity and silences threat. Why I Will Never Be #1 New ……続きを見る

Meet history's original keyboard warriorーexcept with quills, imprisonment, and better one-liners. This book delivers a hilarious and irreverent guide to Voltaire, the 18th-century French philosophe……続きを見る

John Locke: Enlightenment philosopher, father of liberalism, inventor of “natural rights,” and accidental spiritual patron of land developers, libertarians, and your uncle who won’t shut up about pr……続きを見る

Finally, a philosophy book that won't make you contemplate throwing yourself into the abyss! " WHAT THE HELL" tears into Ludwig Wittgensteinーhistory's most insufferable geniusーwith savage wit and ……続きを見る

In the not-too-distant future, a mysterious fog suddenly descends upon Humanity, quickly becoming a condition with which the population must learn to coexist. The search for its causes and a possibl……続きを見る

The book brings to light Neal Stephenson’s answer to the technologically induced crisis in identity. The author of this book analyses the ethnocultural, technological, and ideological skeins that ma……続きを見る

Le présent ouvrage est un recueil d’articles de chercheurs internationaux sur l’apport à l’ontologie du phénoménologue polonais Roman Ingarden. Il contient des contributions sur des thèmes aussi div……続きを見る

One of the most difficult problems challenging the human mind is knowledge of the world in its human, natural, and supra-natural dimensions: what is the nature of this multidimensional reality? How ……続きを見る

The monograph presents psychological interpretations of the specific reactions of individuals within the perception of attractive human faces. It concentrates on exploring selected attributes of hum……続きを見る

This book shows how rhythm constitutes an untapped resource for understanding poetry. Intervening in recent debates over formalism, historicism, and poetics, the authors show how rhythm is at once a……続きを見る

The Sense of Semblance is the first book to incorporate contemporary analytic philosophy in interpretations of art and architecture, literature, and film about the Holocaust. The book’s principal ai……続きを見る

Are you tired of pretending to understand Hegel? Do you feel personally attacked by German idealism? Have you ever wondered if “sublation” is just a fancy word for “I have no idea what I’m saying”? ……続きを見る

Ever wondered why your college roommate wouldn't stop talking about "discursive formations" after one semester of critical theory? Curious how a bald Frenchman in a turtleneck became the patron sain……続きを見る

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 these conditionsーthis delicate and difficul……続きを見る

This is a book to which the attention of students of art theory and criticism, and all those interested in the important application of psychoanalysis to other fields of study, should be drawn. Psyc……続きを見る

As the sunset swings into view, you think, "That's beautiful." You take a bite of cake and you think, "Wow, that's sweet"-maybe too sweet. You hear that new song and it blows you away. You play it f……続きを見る

Originally published in 1972, the aim of Psychology and Visual Aesthetics was to present a study mainly concerned with experimental work on visual aesthetics. From the rather restricted approaches o……続きを見る

Fiktionalität ist ein Bewußtseinsphänomen. Anders als in den zahlreichen bereits zur Verfügung stehenden Studien wird das Fiktionale hier aufgefaßt als eine spezifische Projektionsleistung durch das……続きを見る

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke is a groundbreaking philosophical work that delves into the nature of human knowledge and understanding. In this seminal text, Locke ……続きを見る

What is art? What is it to understand a work of art? What is the value of art? Robert Stecker seeks to answer these central questions of aesthetics by placing them within the context of an ongoing d……続きを見る

De-Signing Design: Cartographies of Theory and Practice throws new light on the terrain between theory and practice in transdisciplinary discourses of design and art. The editors, Elizabeth Grierson……続きを見る