The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics (Hardcover, 3rd edition)

The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics. This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Foucault, Goodman, and Wollheim. The second part covers the central concepts and theories of aesthetics, including the definitions of art, taste, the value of art, beauty, imagination, fiction, narrative, metaphor and pictorial representation. Part three is devoted to issues and challenges in aesthetics, including art and ethics, art and religion, creativity, environmental aesthetics and feminist aesthetics. The final part addresses the individual arts, including music, photography, film, videogames, literature, theater, dance, architecture and design. With ten new entries, and revisions and updated suggestions for further reading throughout, The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics is essential for anyone interested in aesthetics, art, literature, and visual studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Philosophy Companions
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	2000
Editors:	Berys Gaut • Dominic Lopes
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	692
Edition:	3rd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-78286-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-415-78286-4
Barcode:	9780415782869

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