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9781405154352: Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology
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ISBN 10 : 1405154357 ISBN 13 : 9781405154352
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

From Plato's Ion to works by contemporary philosophers, this anthology showcases classic texts to illuminate the development of philosophical thought about art and the aesthetic. This volume is the most comprehensive collection of readings on aesthetics and the philosophy of art currently available.

  • Brings together the most significant writings in aesthetics and philosophy of art from the past 2500 years
  • Each section includes a useful introductory essay which provides an overview of developments in the field
  • Broken down into three sections: Historical Sources, Modern Theories, and Contemporary Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
  • Thorough, systematic, and flexible, including two alternative tables of contents (historical and topical); an ideal textbook and guide to the field

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À propos de l'auteur

Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of nine books, including Fate, Logic, and Time, Saints and Scamps: Ethics in Academia, revised edition, Puzzles and Perplexities, second edition, and God, Reason, and Religion. He has also edited or co-edited some thirty volumes, including Classics of Western Philosophy, now in its seventh edition.

Aaron Meskin is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds. His publications on aesthetics have appeared in the British Journal of Aesthetics, the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and a number of anthologies. He is also aesthetics editor for the online journal Philosophy Compass (Wiley-Blackwell).

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405154357
ISBN 13 
9781405154352
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
704
Éditeur
Cahn Steven M., Meskin Aaron
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Personne responsable
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