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

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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

Does a work of art have to be morally admirable in order to be aesthetically valuable? In this updated introduction, Eli......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

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

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

Metaphysical thought has been excluded from much of the discourse on modern art, especially abstract painting. By connec......more

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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 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

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

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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

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

We tend to think of ourselves using language. What if we thought instead about language working on us, or about language......more

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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

"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

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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"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

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

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

On how art can be understood as a space within which the project of reason is pursued. Modern and contemporary art have ......more

Inspired by the philosopher Graham Parkes, this collection provides a distinctive study of aesthetics and the climate cr......more

We do politics in, through, and as bodies. All our political activity is inevitably corporeal. Parliamentary debates, pa......more

In his influential essay "Provisional Painting," Raphael Rubinstein applied the term "provisional" to contemporary paint......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

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

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

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

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