Aesthetics
"Critique of Judgement"
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Pluhar, W.S. (trans.) Hardback, 576 pages. Size: 235 x 160 mm. Weight: 880g.
Author: Kant, Immanuel
ISBN: 0872200264
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Date: 1987 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Aesthetics
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"Introducing Aesthetics"
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What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. For philosophers, aesthetics crucially opens out onto issues of subjectivity and identity. This work takes you on a tour through this vital field of inquiry. With illustrations. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 253g.
Author: Kul-Want, Christopher
ISBN: 1840467908
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Aesthetics
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"IT"A History of Human Beauty
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This volume provides an account of the impact human attractiveness, both of men and of women, had on history. With 24 illustrations. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 237 x 166 mm. Weight: 139g.
Author: Marwick, Arthur
ISBN: 1852854480
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Aesthetics
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"The Birth of Tragedy"
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"Oxford World's Classics" series; Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 165g.
Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich (Smith, Douglas, ed.)
ISBN: 0199540144
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Aesthetics
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"Aesthetics and Nature"
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"Continuum Aesthetics" series; Addresses various central issues in the aesthetics of nature. This book offers an introduction to the field of nature aesthetics. It situates nature aesthetics in relation to two principal influences: aesthetics' traditional project of understanding the value of art, and thought on the ethics of our relationship with nature. Hardback, 192 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 332g.
Author: Parsons, Glenn
ISBN: 082649675X
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Aesthetics
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"Wabi Sabi Simple"Create Beauty, Value Imperfection, Live Deeply
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Create beauty. Value imperfection. Live deeply. Wabi Sabi is an ancient Japanese aesthetic that values the imperfect, the handmade and the simple. With line illustrations. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 178 x 133 mm. Weight: 179g.
Author: Powell, Richard R
ISBN: 1593371780
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Aesthetics
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"The Aesthetic Paths of Philosophy"Presentation in Kant, Heidegger, Lacoue-Labarthe, and Nancy
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"Cultural Memory in the Present" series; In Kant, aesthetic presentation is understood in a technical sense as a specific mode of experience within a typology of different spheres of experience. This book examines the ways that Heidegger, Lacoue-Labarthe, and Nancy adopt and reconfigure the Kantian understanding of aesthetic presentation. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 225 x 156 mm. Weight: 354g.
Author: Ross, Alison
ISBN: 0804754888
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Aesthetics
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"Aesthetics and Morality"
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"Continuum Aesthetics" series; Must a work of art be morally admirable in order to be aesthetically valuable? How, if at all, do our moral values shape our aesthetic judgements - and vice versa? This work presents a insightful inquiry into precisely this set of questions. It also explores the main ideas and debates at the intersection of aesthetics and moral philosophy. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 138 x 216 mm. Weight: 28g.
Author: Schellekens, Elisabeth
ISBN: 0826497624
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Aesthetics
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"Dream, Phantasy and Art"
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The author's clinical work on psychoanalysis, specifically her ideas on symbolism, aesthetics, dreams and the exploration of psychotic thinking, are examined in this text. Theories and clinical examples are combined and applied to create original studies of art and aesthetics. Paperback, 144 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 249g.
Author: Segal, Hanna
ISBN: 041501798X
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 1990 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Aesthetics
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"New Waves in Aesthetics"
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"New Waves in Philosophy" series; Covers the issues in aesthetics which are of central concern to philosophers. This book contains essays that cover central problems in meta-aesthetics and aesthetic issues in the philosophy of mind. It analyses key aesthetic concepts, fresh perspectives on the history of aesthetics, and specialized treatment of individual art forms. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 380g.
Author: Stock, Kathleen Thomson-Jones, Katherine
ISBN: 0230220479
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Aesthetics
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"Africa's Hidden Histories"Everyday Literacy and Making the Self
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"African Expressive Cultures" series; Colonial Africa saw an explosion of writing and printing. This book considers the profusion of literary culture, the propensity to collect and archive text, and the significance attached to reading as a form of self-improvement. It also explores the innovative, intense, and sociable interest in reading and writing. With 34. Paperback, 432 pages. Size: 238 x 155 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Barber, Karin, ed.)
ISBN: 0253218438
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational African History
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"Pan-Africanism/African Nationalism: Strengthening the Unity of Africa and Its Diaspora"Proceedings From the 17th All African Students' Conference (Aasc)
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Strengthening the Unity of Africa and its Diaspora. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 656g.
Author: (Bankie, B. F., ed.)
ISBN: 1569022984
Publisher: Red Sea Press,U.S.
Date: 2008 (United States)
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"People, Contacts and the Environment in the African Past"
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"Studies in the African Past" series; This is the first in a newly launched series entitled Studies in the African Past. Recent research results from the region are drawn on to examine how prehistoric Africans settled in particular landscapes, how they exploited resources and engaged in trade networks, and how they affected their environment and responded to enviromental change. The contributors are from Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Bostwana. Fourteen papers included. With 1. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 254 x 178 mm. Weight: 321g.
Author: (Chami, Felix, ed.)
ISBN: 9976603444
Publisher: Dar Es Salaam University Press
Date: 2001 (Tanzania, United Repu)
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"Plundering Africa's Past"
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Paperback, 296 pages. Size: 241 x 159 mm. Weight: 500g.
Author: (Schmidt, Peter R., ed.)
ISBN: 0253210542
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date: 1996 (Usa)
Readership: General African History
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"The Role of Religion in African Civil Wars"
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This work analyzes the part played by religion - be it Christianity, Islam or traditional beliefs - in the civil wars and insurgent conflicts that have scarred Africa. Topics include the role of religious institutions in these conflicts and religion's role in legitimizing violence and war. Paperback, 288 pages. Weight: 275g.
Author: (Kastfelt, Niels, ed.)
ISBN: 1850654557
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational African History
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