0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution

Buy Now

Evolutionary Aesthetics (Hardcover, 2003 ed.) Loot Price: R4,078
Discovery Miles 40 780
Evolutionary Aesthetics (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): Eckart Voland, Karl Grammer

Evolutionary Aesthetics (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)

Eckart Voland, Karl Grammer

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R4,078 Discovery Miles 40 780 | Repayment Terms: R382 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 18 - 22 working days

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.

General

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
Promotions
LSN: 3-540-43670-7
Barcode: 9783540436706

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners