{"product_id":"a-companion-to-aesthetics-stephen-davies-9781405169226","title":"A Companion to Aesthetics","description":"\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO AESTHETICS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis second edition of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e examines questions that were among the earliest discussed by ancient philosophers, such as the nature of beauty and the relation between morality and art, while also addressing a host of new issues prompted by recent developments in the arts and in philosophy, including coverage of non-Western art traditions and of everyday and environmental aesthetics. The volume also canvases debates regarding the nature of representation, the relation between art and truth, and the criteria for interpretation, which are among the most hotly discussed topics in contemporary philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this extensively revised and updated edition, 168 alphabetically arranged articles provide comprehensive treatment of the main topics and writers in aesthetics. Major additions include historical overviews from the prehistoric to the present and a section on the individual arts. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e will serve students of philosophy, literary criticism, and cultural studies - as well as the educated general reader - both as a work of reference and, with its many substantial essays, as a guide to the best thinking about the arts from the ancient Greeks to the dawn of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1405169222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405169226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.80w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Davies","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474066063615,"sku":"9781405169226","price":230.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acf95ef9-bb5b-4477-b658-4f92e9f793ba.jpg?v=1762314729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-companion-to-aesthetics-stephen-davies-9781405169226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}