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  • Better Living Through Criticism

    How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth

    by A. O. Scott ...
    The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than everFew could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Beauty: A Very Short Introduction

    by Roger Scruton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner

    Two representative and important works in one volume by one of the greatest German philosophers.The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Aristotle: The Complete Works

    by Aristotle ...
    Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and student of Plato who stunningly changed the course of Western philosophy. He has gone down in history as one of the greatest philosophers of all time. Cicero, the Roman statesman and philosopher, once called his writing style "a river of gold;" and his scope of thought and subsequent influence on the study of science, logic, philosophical ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Praise of Shadows

    An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vibrate Higher Daily

    Live Your Power

    by Lalah Delia ...
    Tap into your inner power with this mind-opening guide to vibrational-based living from Instagram star and self-help pioneer behind the internet community Vibrate Higher Daily.“There is another way of being in the world. There is a better way to exist, rise, move beyond, and take our power back.”Too often we feel pulled down by circumstances or the negativity of others. We think we have no control ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Simply Imperfect

    Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House

    This revised and updated edition of The Wabi-Sabi House recounts the history of this aesthetic philosophy and reveals ways to introduce it into your home.The ancient Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi is about appreciating simplicity and letting go of the superficial—the perfect antidote to modern consumerism and perfectionism. In 2004, author Robyn Griggs Lawrence helped popularize wabi-sabi in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • FilosofÌa de la imagen

    Ideas e imágenes han sido, desde sus orígenes, el material de lo filosófico. Las imágenes son asimismo, y según una de las retóricas comunes, un núcleo central de la comunicación y la cultura actuales y, de esta forma, un enclave básico para comprender e investigar las sociedades en las que nos movemos. Entre estos dos puntos de referencia, el énfasis en la imagen como lugar del pensamiento y como ... Read more

    $7.15 USD

  • Rhetoric

    by Aristotle ...
    Translated by W. Rhys Roberts ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy
    One of the seminal works of Western philosophy, Aristotle's Rhetoric vastly influenced all subsequent thought on the subject — philosophical, political, and literary. Focusing on the use of language as both a vehicle and a tool to shape persuasive argument, Aristotle delineates with remarkable insight both practical and aesthetic elements and their proper combination in an effective presentation, ... Read more

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  • The Music between Us

    Is Music a Universal Language?

    “Higgins’ love of music and cultural variety is evident throughout. She writes in a relaxed, accessible, sophisticated style…Highly recommended.”—ChoiceFrom our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In this book, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role, examining ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this Very Short Introduction Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many fascinating examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics, clarifying contemporary and historical accounts of the nature, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Varieties of Metaphysical Poetry

    by T. S. Eliot ...
    The famed series of Trinity College and Johns Hopkins lectures in which the Nobel Prize winner explored history, poetry, and philosophy.While a student at Harvard in the early years of the twentieth century, T. S. Eliot immersed himself in the verse of Dante, Donne, and the nineteenth-century French poet Jules Laforgue. His study of the relation of thought and feeling in these poets led Eliot, as ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Between Word and Image

    Heidegger, Klee, and Gadamer on Gesture and Genesis

    Series series Studies in Continental Thought
    A groundbreaking examination of word and image through the lenses of modern art and Continental philosophy: “Probing and lucid” (Stephen H. Watson, University of Notre Dame).Engagement with the image has played a decisive role in the formulation of the very idea of philosophy since Plato. Identifying pivotal moments in the history of philosophy, Dennis J. Schmidt develops the question of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Veil

    Series series Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The veil can be an instrument of feminist empowerment, and veiled anonymity can confer power to women. Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria examines how veils do more than they get credit for.Part memoir and part philosophical investigation ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Lost in Thought

    The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life

    by Zena Hitz ...
    An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life of learningIn an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs, Zena Hitz writes, few experiences ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Modern Philosophy

    An Introduction and Survey

    Roger Scruton is one of the most widely respected philosophers of our time, whose often provocative views never fail to simulate debate. In Modern Philosophy he turns his attention to the whole of the field, from the philosophy of logic to aesthetics, and in so doing provides us with an essential and comprehensive guide to modern thinking. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Strange Tools

    Art and Human Nature

    by Alva Noë ...
    A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselvesIn his new book, Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature? Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, and making provocative ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Seducer's Diary

    Translated by Alastair Hannay ...
    Series series Penguin Great Loves
    Johannes is an aesthete, dedicated to creating the possibility of seduction through the careful manipulation of young women. He stealthily pursues the innocent Cordelia until she becomes increasingly drawn to him. But when she is ready to give herself completely, she realizes she may have got everything wrong.United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Modernism: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Is a tower block, your unmade bed, your lavatory basin, or the bicycle chained to the gate next door a work of art? Why should a novel have a beginning, a middle, and an end; or even a story? Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • What We See When We Read

    **A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader.“A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images.” —The New York Times**What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Aristotle: The Complete Works

    by Aristotle ...
    Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and student of Plato who stunningly changed the course of Western philosophy. He has gone down in history as one of the greatest philosophers of all time. Cicero, the Roman statesman and philosopher, once called his writing style "a river of gold;" and his scope of thought and subsequent influence on the study of science, logic, philosophical ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics

    by Georg Hegel ...
    Translated by Bernard Bosanquet ...
    No philosopher has held a higher opinion of art than Hegel, yet nor was any so profoundly pessimistic about its prospects - despite living in the German golden age of Goethe, Mozart and Schiller. For if the artists of classical Greece could find the perfect fusion of content and form, modernity faced complicating - and ultimately disabling - questions. Christianity, with its code of unworldliness, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Three Uses of the Knife

    On the Nature and Purpose of Drama

    by David Mamet ...
    The purpose of theater, like magic, like religion . . . is to inspire cleansing awe. What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? David Mamet, one of our greatest living playwrights, tackles these questions with bracing directness and aphoristic authority. He believes that the tendency to dramatize is essential to human nature, that we ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Magic and Loss

    The Internet as Art

    Virginia Heffernan “melds the personal with the increasingly universal in a highly informative analysis of what the Internet is—and can be. A thoroughly engrossing examination of the Internet’s past, present, and future” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from one of the best living writers of English prose.This book makes a bold claim: The Internet is among mankind’s great masterpieces—a massive ... Read more

    $13.99 USD