Overview :Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: th... Read More
Overview :What is unique and essential about theater? What separates it from other arts? Do we need "theater" in some fundamental way? The art of thea... Read More
Overview :Five Faces of Modernity is a series of semantic and cultural biographies of words that have taken on special significance in the last centur... Read More
Overview :If we are honest, we have to admit that there are many things we don't understand about God. We do not have final answers to the deep proble... Read More
Overview :A philosopher considers entertainment, in all its totalizing variety--infotainment, edutainment, servotainment--and traces the notion throug... Read More
Overview :Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this highly readable intro... Read More
Overview :From the 1970s cult TV show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, to the current hit musical Spamalot, the Monty Python comedy troupe has been at... Read More
Overview :A landmark book, "brilliant, thoughtful" (The Atlantic) and "raw and gorgeous" (LA Times), that fast-forwards the discussion of the central ... Read More
Overview :Cultural icon Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was known as much for her philosophy as for her fiction. Her original theory of esthetics, which attacks ... Read More
Overview :Danto simply and entertainingly traces the evolution of the concept of beauty over the past century and explores how it was removed from the... Read More
Overview :Recent calls for a return to aesthetics occur precisely at a moment when it is increasingly evident that nothing concerning aesthetics is se... Read More
Overview :Recent discussions about the culture of images have focused on issues of identity-sexual, racial, national-and the boundaries that define su... Read More
Overview :Suggests a theory of art, tests against the French and German avant-garde movements of the twenties, and discusses hermeneutics, ideology, a... Read More
Overview :Almost all of us would agree that the experience of art is deeply rewarding. Why this is the case remains a puzzle; nor does it explain why ... Read More
Overview :Everyday aesthetic experiences and concerns occupy a large part of our aesthetic life. However, because of their prevalence and mundane natu... Read More
Overview :A leading radical intellectual tackles the many controversial interpretations of Wagner's workFor over a century, Richard Wagner's music has... Read More
Overview :Whether it's sleek leather pants, a shiny new Apple computer, or a designer toaster, we make important decisions as consumers every day base... Read More
Overview :This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, ... Read More