Roger Scruton: Beauty: A Very Short Introduction, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
- A Very Short Introduction
- Verlag:
- Oxford University Press, 03/2011
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780199229758
- Artikelnummer:
- 8945784
- Sonstiges:
- Approximately 20 black and white photographs
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2011
- Gewicht:
- 165 g
- Maße:
- 174 x 113 mm
- Stärke:
- 20 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 15.3.2011
- Serie:
- Very Short Introductions
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Beschreibung
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference.
In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgements of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely. Is there a right judgement to be made about beauty? Is it right to say there is more beauty in a classical temple than a concrete office block, more in a Rembrandt than in
last year's Turner Prize winner?
Forthright and thought-provoking, and as accessible as it is intellectually rigorous, this introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects that fill our lives.
Inhaltsangabe
From the contents:
Preface;
1: Judging beauty;
2: Human beauty;
3: Natural beauty;
4: Everyday beauty;
5: Artistic beauty;
6: Taste and order;
7: Art and Eros;
8: The flight from beauty;
9: Concluding thoughts;
Notes and Further Reading
Klappentext
From Botticelli to birdsong, Mozart, and the Turner Prize, Roger Scruton explores what it means for something to be beautiful. This thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects around us.
Biografie
Roger Scruton is research Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences based in Arlington, Virginia. His previous academic affiliations have been Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London, and subsequently Professor of Philosophy and University Professor at Boston University.
