{"product_id":"bioaesthetics-carsten-strathausen-9781517900755","title":"Bioaesthetics: Making Sense of Life in Science and the Arts Volume 43","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, bioaesthetics has used the latest discoveries in evolutionary studies and neuroscience to provide new ways of looking at art and aesthetics. Carsten Strathausen's remarkable exploration of this emerging field is the first comprehensive account of its ideas, as well as a timely critique of its limitations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrathausen familiarizes readers with the basics of bioaesthetics, grounding them in its philosophical underpinnings while articulating its key components. Importantly, he delves into the longstanding problem of the \"two cultures\" that separate the arts and the sciences. Seeking to make bioaesthetics a more robust way of thinking, Strathausen then critiques it for failing to account for science's historical and cultural assumptions. At its worst, he says, biologism reduces artworks to mere automatons that rubber-stamp pre-established scientific truths. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with a sensitive understanding of science's strengths, and willing to refute its best arguments, \u003ci\u003eBioaesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e helps readers separate the sensible from the specious. At a time when humanities departments are shrinking--and when STEM education is on the rise--\u003ci\u003eBioaesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e makes vital points about the limitations of science, while lodging a robust defense of the importance of the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carsten Strathausen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517900751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517900755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Carsten Strathausen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088505942271,"sku":"9781517900755","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1544b23-b03c-4e23-a674-4f8673c36fa3.jpg?v=1769105140","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bioaesthetics-carsten-strathausen-9781517900755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}