Perfect Me - Beauty as an Ethical Ideal (Paperback)

How looking beautiful has become a moral imperative in today's world The demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an ethical ideal to live by, and according to which we judge ourselves a success or failure. Perfect Me explores the changing nature of the beauty ideal, showing how it is more dominant, demanding, and global than ever before. Arguing that our perception of the self is changing, Heather Widdows shows that more and more, we locate the self in the body. Nobody is firm enough, thin enough, smooth enough, or buff enough-not without significant effort and cosmetic intervention. To understand these rising demands, we need to recognize their ethical aspect and seek out new communal responses.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2020
First published:	2018
Authors:	Heather Widdows
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-19714-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	0-691-19714-8
Barcode:	9780691197142

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