Pursuit of Comparative Aesthetics
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Aesthetic Distance
aesthetic theory comparison
Agricultural Landscapes
Ancient Greece
aristotles
Artistic Factors
Author_Mazhar Hussain
Autumn Annals
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chinese
Chinese Aesthetics
comparative aesthetic traditions research
Comparative Aesthetics
concepts
cross-cultural aesthetics
cultural value systems
Discipline Based Art Education
drama
drama theory analysis
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Free Art
Indian Medicine
Indian Poetics
intercultural philosophy
japanese
Japanese Aesthetic
Japanese Aesthetic Concepts
katharsis
Landscape Appreciation
Moral Geometry
philosophy of art
poetics
sanskrit
Sanskrit Poetics
Scenic Places
Tea Ceremony
Traditional Chinese Aesthetics
Vice Versa
Wang Guowei
Welt Als Wille Und Vorstellung
western
Western Aesthetics
Zhang Dainian
Zhu Guangqian
Product details
- ISBN 9780754653455
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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into one volume some of the most important research in comparative aesthetics, from classic early essays to previously unpublished contemporary pieces.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.
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.
