In this book Richard eldridge presents a clear and compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and significance of art. Drawing on materials from classical and ...more

Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise.

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Joining philosophy of language with phenomenological aesthetics, this book defines the epistemological status of abstract objects and works of art.Beginning with a ...more

Beyond Aesthetics brings together philosophical essays addressing art and related issues by one of the foremost philosophers of art at work today. Countering conventional ...more

A timely and philosophically significant contribution to modern aesthetics featuring some of the best contemporary work in philosophical studies of literature, moral beliefs, ...more

In Comedy Incarnate, Noël Carroll surveys the characteristics of Buster Keaton’s unique visual style, to reveal the distinctive experience of watching Keaton...more

This volume brings together major works by German thinkers, writing just prior to and after Kant, who were enormously influential in this crucial period of aesthetics. These ...more

What is the relationship between contemporary intellectual culture and the european enlightenment it claims to reject? In Consequences of enlightenment, Anthony Cascardi ...more

This introduction to the philosophy of art should be a useful text for students embarking on aesthetics courses...more