Aesthetics category: 1179 books

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. One in two men and one in three women will develop invasive cancer. Tumors have the power to redefine identities and change how people live with one another. Tumor takes readers...

Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Cars enable us to travel long distances, mobile phones help us to communicate, and medical devices make it possible to detect and cure diseases. But these aids to existence are not simply neutral instruments: they give shape to what we do...

The work of the Kyoto School represents one of the few streams of philosophy that originate in Japan. Following the cultural renaissance of the Meiji Restoration after Japan’s period of closure to the outside world (1600-1868), this distinctly Japanese thought found expression especially in the...

This volume is a collection of essays that presents both theory- and practice-based approaches to questions concerning the embodiment of sense. Exploring the opening of meaning in sensible configurations, the texts also address the medial structures – at once aesthetic, bodily and technical –...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Hair, a primary marker of our mammalian nature, is an extraordinary indicator of economic and social standing, political orientation, religious affiliation, marital status, and cultural...

A verse prose book on Kit's semanticism---or voice and style. The light he uses to find his way---the dark he knows and the day time was. Enjoy the read heed the call and be the one. I mean take your time and say what is so.

This work attempts to examine how art and religion impact upon our lives in a positive way and give our lives a sense of purpose on the level of inmost being. It begins with a general introduction laying out the state of the modern world, and my choice of the Catholic Church as an ideological defence...

This book marks a turning point in architectural theory by using philosophy to examine the field anew. Breaking from the traditional dualism within architecture – which presents the body as subject and space as object – it examines how such rigid boundaries can be softened. Zuzana Kovar thus engages...

Every life has certain moments that define it. Going beyond the day-to-day norms of living, these life experiences have a profound effect on the person and the life lived. Narratives and the Role of Philosophy in Cross-Disciplinary Studies: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly...

Think and Grow approaches self-improvement from a whole new perspective. It encourages growth through service and critical thinking. Think and Grow is all about success and how to stimulate the mind to solve personal and societal problems

As the international art market globalizes the indigenous image, it changes its identity, status, value, and purpose in local and larger contexts. Focusing on a school of Australian Aboriginal painting that has become popular in the contemporary art world, Robyn Ferrell traces the influence of cultural...

Nietzsche is a great overview of the philosopher and his work, complete with illustrations. A table of contents is included.

The Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως; Latin De Generatione Animalium) is a text by Aristotle.

Le Kâmasûtra (composé de Kâma, le désir (également dieu de l'amour, équivalent indien d'Éros ou de Cupidon) et Sûtra, l’aphorisme (soit Les Aphorismes du désir) - est un recueil indien écrit entre le IVe siècle et le VIIe siècle, attribué à Vâtsyâyana. Le Kâmasûtra est un traité classique de l'hindouisme