Catherine Wesselinoff

The Revival of Beauty

Aesthetics, Experience, and Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides original descriptive accounts of two schools of thought in the philosophy of beauty: the 20th-century "Anti-Aesethetic" movement and the 21st-century "Beauty Revival" movement. It also includes a positive defence of beauty as a lived experience extrapolated from Beauty-Revival position.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781032480756
• ISBN-10: 1032480750
• Artikelnr.: 68102252

Autorenporträt

Catherine Wesselinoff is a lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, where she teaches courses in the history of philosophy, political philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics. She completed her PhD at the University of Sydney in 2022.

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction Part 1: Kalliphobia: The Case Against Beauty Part 1:
Introduction 1. Beauty as the "Merely Sensuous" 2. Beauty and Evil 3. Art
without Beauty Part 1: Conclusion Part 2: Philocaly: The Case for Beauty
Part 2: Introduction 4. Reply to the Anti-Aesthetic 5. Arguments for Beauty
6. Neo-Aestheticism Part 2: Conclusion Part 3: Kallistics: The Verdict
Part 3: Introduction 7. The Acquaintance Principle 8. The Aesthetic
Attitude 9. Aesthetic Emotion Part 3: Conclusion General Conclusion