Code: 16252412
Only a Promise of Happiness
by Alexander Nehamas
Neither art nor philosophy was kind to beauty during the twentieth century. Much modern art disdains beauty, and many philosophers deeply suspect that beauty merely paints over or distracts us from horrors. Intellectuals consigned ... more
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English - Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2010
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Book synopsis
Neither art nor philosophy was kind to beauty during the twentieth century. Much modern art disdains beauty, and many philosophers deeply suspect that beauty merely paints over or distracts us from horrors. Intellectuals consigned the passions of beauty
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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Philosophy: aesthetics
123.46 zł
- Full title: Only a Promise of Happiness
- Subtitle: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art
- Author: Alexander Nehamas
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 208
- EAN: 9780691177601
- ISBN: 9780691177601
- ID: 16252412
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Weight: 528 g
- Dimensions: 204 × 254 × 9 mm
- Date of publishing: 17. October 2010
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