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Evolutionary Aesthetics (Hardcover, 2003 ed.) Loot Price: R4,649
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Evolutionary Aesthetics (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): Eckart Voland, Karl Grammer

Evolutionary Aesthetics (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)

Eckart Voland, Karl Grammer

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Evolutionary Aesthetics is the attempt to understand the aesthetic judgement of human beings and their spontaneous distinction between "beauty" and "ugliness" as a biologically adapted ability to make important decisions in life. The hypothesis is - both in the area of "natural beauty" and in sexuality, with regard to landscape preferences, but also in the area of "artificial beauty" (i.e. in art and design) - that beauty opens up fitness opportunities, while ugliness holds fitness risks. In this book, this adaptive view of aesthetics is developed theoretically, presented on the basis of numerous examples, and its consequences for evolutionary anthropology are illuminated.

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag
Country of origin: Germany
Release date: June 2003
First published: 2003
Editors: Eckart Voland • Karl Grammer
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 380
Edition: 2003 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-3-540-43670-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
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LSN: 3-540-43670-7
Barcode: 9783540436706

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