The artistic strategies explored in this book are essential tools in fostering emancipatory consciousness in marginalise......more
Focusing upon the representations that take place in law, forensic medicine, criminology and culture, Crime Scenes exami......more
The Didi-Huberman Dictionary is a specialized introduction to the thought of contemporary French philosopher Georges Did......more
This book is an account of the theory and practice of practitioners of the so-called "second" or "younger" Viennese scho......more
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This crucial history explores the role of philosophical thought in transforming the way that artwork emerging from menta......more
This crucial history explores the role of philosophical thought in transforming the way that artwork emerging from menta......more
Does a work of art have to be morally admirable in order to be aesthetically valuable? In this updated introduction, Eli......more
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Gilles Deleuze considered ’assemblage’ theory to be his most significant contribution to philosophy. It’s a complex and ......more
Gilles Deleuze considered ’assemblage’ theory to be his most significant contribution to philosophy. It’s a complex and ......more
In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink’s Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated with ......more
This volume explores the work of Polish phenomenologist Roman Ingarden (1893-1970) with respect to his ontology, epistem......more
Bringing together thinkers from philosophy of religion, religious studies, music, art, and film, while drawing on a weal......more
Across these essays Arnold Berleant demonstrates how aesthetic values and theory can be used to reappraise our social pr......more
What happens when a flatbed scanner is used for the photographic reproduction of three-dimensional objects? At first thi......more
Bringing the concept of contamination into dialogue with affect theory and bioart, Agnieszka Wolodzko urges us to rethin......more
The artistic strategies explored in this book are essential tools in fostering emancipatory consciousness in marginalise......more
Mojca Kuplen connects 18th-century German aesthetics to contemporary theories of self-knowledge in order to highlight th......more
An ideal introduction for students new to Japanese philosophy and aesthetics, Phenomenology of Tea invites readers into ......more
An ideal introduction for students new to Japanese philosophy and aesthetics, Phenomenology of Tea invites readers into ......more
Metaphysical thought has been excluded from much of the discourse on modern art, especially abstract painting. By connec......more
Treatments of synesthesia in the arts and humanities generally assume a clear distinction between the neurological condi......more
Treatments of synesthesia in the arts and humanities generally assume a clear distinction between the neurological condi......more
This study illuminates the complex interplay between Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophy and architecture. Presenting thei......more
Following the narratives explored in Hominescence, Incandescent and The Bough, Michel Serres continues and concludes his......more
Following the narratives explored in Hominescence, Incandescent and The Bough, Michel Serres continues and concludes his......more
A provocative book that proposes a new and surprising inspiration for philosophy today--the canine thinker from Kafka’s ......more
A unique, critical, and creative encyclopedia from scholars, artists, and writers on the world and words of finance capi......more
Highlights ways of thinking and doing that connect philosophical generality to socio-material idiosyncrasy, encouraging ......more
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What do Persian robes of honour, 20th-century still-life painting, fur garments, and 18th-century porcelain all have in ......more
What does it mean to think with images? There is a well-established tradition of studying thought processes through the ......more
Synchronized dance and the shifting dialogue between the power of forms and the forms of power. A popular form of artist......more
For Bataille, "the absence of myth" had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had "lost the secret o......more
In this major new contribution to Heidegger studies, Christopher Fynsk provides an original account of Heidegger’s refle......more
In an era of cancel culture, digital identities and thriving conversation surrounding parasocial relationships, we quest......more
An alternative occult and esoteric history of England told through one of its most popular cultural forms: the comedy si......more
A rediscovery of Thoreau’s interactions with everyday objects and how they shaped his thought. Though we may associate H......more
Aline Guillermet uncovers Gerhard Richter’s appropriation of science and technology from 1960 to the present and shows h......more
In an age of rife consumption and increasing need for consideration of sustainable social practices, an exploration of t......more
Taking place in the skies over London, the plazas of Rotterdam, and the hallways of museums worldwide, a new kind of art......more
What does a sanctuary for Hawaiian crows have in common with a troop of robots programmed to perform the Māori haka, or ......more
Jonas Rosenbrück is Assistant Professor of German at Amherst College....more
What is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic? Aesthetic program, ......more
Was wäre, wenn wir das multistabile, ambivalente und anpassungsfähige Verhalten aktiver Materie als offenen Gestaltungss......more
Between 1926 and 1928, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein designed a house for his sister in Vienna (the Kundmanngasse)......more
This volume examines the ontology of music groups. It connects two fascinating areas of philosophical research: the onto......more
"Black gold. Liquid sunlight. Texas tea. Oil remains the commodity of our global era. Wars are fought over it. Some comm......more
Agamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and Nymphs will engage not only......more
Is populism the unsurpassable horizon of our own time or is it a temptation that should at all costs be resisted? Who, a......more
Metaphor, which allows us to talk about things by comparing them to other things, is one of the most ubiquitous and adap......more
Bringing together Michel Foucault’s aesthetics of existence and Richard Shusterman’s somaesthetics, this volume provides......more
This collection considers Lubitsch, the famous author of Weimar and classical Hollywood cinema, as a role model for our ......more
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Modernism’s Inhuman Worlds explores the centrality of ecological precarity, species indeterminacy, planetary change, and......more
Inspired by the philosopher Graham Parkes, this collection provides a distinctive study of aesthetics and the climate cr......more
Guiding you through the topics that shape aesthetics and the philosophy of art, this introduction explores the truth, me......more
Guiding you through the topics that shape aesthetics and the philosophy of art, this introduction explores the truth, me......more
Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben takes a close look at why the sense of taste has not historically been appreciated a......more
This book is a defence of perspectivism the age of post-truth. At the crossroads of science, art and philosophy, it unea......more
There has been a steady stream of articles written on the relations between ethics and the interpretation of literature,......more
Art makes its mark upon our flesh. It ravishes our eyes, invades our ears, and stirs our viscera; it commandeers our pow......more
Arguing for the necessity of taking art’s contribution to contemporary realism seriously, this edited collection interve......more
We tend to think of ourselves using language. What if we thought instead about language working on us, or about language......more
On how art can be understood as a space within which the project of reason is pursued. Modern and contemporary art have ......more
We do politics in, through, and as bodies. All our political activity is inevitably corporeal. Parliamentary debates, pa......more
Wolfgang Welsch demonstrates for the first time that transculturality - the mixed constitution of cultures - is by no me......more
In his influential essay "Provisional Painting," Raphael Rubinstein applied the term "provisional" to contemporary paint......more
"X-ray reveals the paradox of living in an age that relies on X-rays to expose hidden threats to our health and security......more
Samantha Matherne defends a systematic interpretation of the philosopher Immanuel Kant’s theory of imagination. To this ......more
Postmodernism’s ’end’ is a complex and contentious topic. Yet, one overarching consensus emerges: the postmodern has bee......more
Clement of Alexandria and the Judgement of Taste: Pedagogical Rhetoric and Christian Formation provides a new account of......more
The notion of landscape typically seems innocuous, associated with leisure and contemplation. Likewise, aesthetics is of......more
The notion of landscape typically seems innocuous, associated with leisure and contemplation. Likewise, aesthetics is of......more
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is the quintessential philosophical outsider. Affiliated to no institution, and associated w......more
What becomes of the sublime today, in a philosophy that discards the old oppositions between body and mind and embeds hu......more
Current debates in the environmental humanities, animal studies, and related fields increasingly revolve around this que......more
In The Beauty of Choice, the renowned cultural critic Wendy Steiner offers a dazzling new account of aesthetics grounded......more
This book examines Chinese traditional poetry with an emphasis on the sources of pleasure in creating and enjoying class......more
Jennifer Mensch is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Western Sydney University. She is the author of Kant’s Organicis......more
100 years after Proust’s death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Literature. At 3,000 p......more
What is sensory imagining and what role does it play in our lives? How does visualizing a castle, running through a tune......more
The artwork of Maria Bussmann, a trained academic German philosopher and a significant visual artist, provides an ideal ......more
Sjoerd van Tuinen argues for the inseparability of matter and manner in the form of a group portrait of Leibniz, Bergson......more
There has been a steady stream of articles written on the relations between political thought and the interpretation of ......more
The book is a critical edition of the text with an English translation and commentary of Proclus’ On the Hieratic Art ac......more
In the early twentieth century, André Colomer was perhaps the best-known figure in the anarchist movement. A poet, philo......more
In the early twentieth century, André Colomer was perhaps the best-known figure in the anarchist movement. A poet, philo......more