The Pursuit of Comparative Aesthetics: An Interface Between the East and West - Rilegato

Hussain, Mazhar

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ISBN 10: 0754653455 ISBN 13: 9780754653455

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2006

Riassunto

Comparative aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which compares the aesthetic concepts and practices of different cultures. The way in which cultures conceive of the aesthetic dimension of life in general and art in particular is revelatory of profound attitudes and beliefs which themselves make up an important part of the culture in question. This anthology of essays by internationally recognised scholars in this field brings into one volume some of the most important research in comparative aesthetics, from classic early essays to previously unpublished contemporary pieces. Ranging across cultures and time periods as diverse as ancient Greece, India and China and the modern West and Japan, the essays reveal both similarities and deep differences between the aesthetic traditions concerned. In the course of these expositions and comparisons there emerges the general conclusion that no culture can be fully grasped if its aesthetic ideas are not understood.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mazhar Hussain, is Associate Professor at the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India. Robert Wilkinson is Deputy Director at the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies at The Open University, UK. He was formerly Head of Philosophy for the Open University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0754653455
• ISBN 13: 9780754653455
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 280
• Redattore: Wilkinson Robert
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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