European Aesthetics: A Critical Introduction from Kant to Derrida

by Robert L. Wicks

Book Overview

The only book to cover the evolution of one of the most important areas of philosophy

The birth of the Enlightenment heralded a new reverence for the power of reason. But as science flourished in Europe, violence and brutality did not abate. In the French Revolution, thousands were guillotined and the death toll was vast. Philosophers asked whether we had become dehumanised by rationality and abstract political theory. Did art and literature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851688188
• ISBN13: 9781851688180
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: ONEWorld Publications
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"