Being for beauty: aesthetic agency and value
Auteur :
Lopes, Dominic McIver
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198827214
Date de publication :
2 oct. 2018
Dimensions :
23,8 x 16,3 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
588 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
For centuries, philosophers have identified beauty with what brings pleasure. Dominic McIver Lopes challenges this interpretation by offering an entirely new theory of beauty - that beauty engages us in action, in concert with others, in the context of social networks - and sheds light on why aesthetic engagement is crucial for quality of life.