Filosofi: estetik

First published in 2000. This is Volume III of seven in the Library of Philosophy series on Philosophy of Religion and General Philosophy. Written in 1924, this is a collection of …

During the 1970s and 1980s the discourse surrounding aesthetics largely disappeared from the study of art history, theory, and cultural studies. Claims for the aesthetic value of …

Adorno's writings are often the starting point for the teaching of popular music studies, usually passing swiftly on, after concluding that 'he didn't listen to the right jazz' or …

Writing for non-specialists and students as well as for fellow philosophers, this book explores some basic issues surrounding sex and love in today's world, among them consent, …

The 'end of the world' opens up philosophical questions concerning the very notion of the world, which is a fundamental element of all existential, phenomenological and …

Underpinning this project is the attempt to grasp the notion behind improvisation and to understand what is actually meant by "e;improvisation"e; its nature and its …

Paul Gordon proposes a new theory of art as synaesthetic and applies this idea to various media, including works--such as movies, illustrated books, and song lyrics--that …

In their study of one of Stanley Cavell's greatest yet most neglected books, William Rothman and Marian Keane address this eminent philosopher's many readers, from a variety of …

Written by members of the Social Imaginaries Editorial Collective, these programmatic essays showcase new critical interventions in understandings of social imaginaries and the …

Drastik - mit diesem Stichwort ist auf dem Feld asthetischer Theoriebildung zuletzt ein Begriff ins Spiel gebracht worden, der im Blick auf seine dominante Rolle in der …