Being for Beauty: Aesthetic Agency and Value

ISBN-13: 9780198827214 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 288 str.

Dominic McIver Lopes

Opis

For centuries, philosophers have identified beauty with what brings pleasure. Dominic McIver Lopes challenges this interpretation by offering an entirely new theory of beauty - that beauty engages us in action, in concert with others, in the context of social networks - and sheds light on why aesthetic engagement is crucial for quality of life.

Recenzje

[an] elegantly argued book ... This is an excellent addition to the literature on aesthetics

O autorze

Dominic McIver Lopes FRSC is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and author of six books and a series of papers that examine the meaning and values of images, technology in the arts, and the nature of art and the arts. His current work looks beyond the arts to understand the human importance of our aesthetic practices.