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Hösle, Vittorio - The many faces of beauty.

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. Paperback. vii,500 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - The volume The Many Faces of Beauty The sixteen essays, by eminent scientists, critics, scholars, and artists, are divided into five parts. In the first, a mathematician, physicist, and two philosophers address beauty in mathematics and nature. In the second, an anthropologist, psychologist, historian of law, and economist address the place of beauty in the human mind and in society. Explicit philosophical reflections on notoriously vexing issues, such as the historicity of aesthetics itself, interculturality, and the place of the ugly, are themes of the third part. In the fourth, practicing artists discuss beauty in painting, music, poetry, and film. The final essay, by a theologian, reflects on the relation between beauty and God. ISBN 9780268011192.
EUR 12.50 [Appr.: US$ 14.49 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 2136] Book number #277198

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