{"product_id":"transgression-and-the-aesthetics-of-taran-kang-9781487529079","title":"Transgression and the Aesthetics of Evil","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do we perceive evil? How do we represent evil? In \u003ci\u003eTransgression and the Aesthetics of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, Taran Kang examines the entanglements of aesthetics and morality. Investigating conceptions and images of evil, Kang identifies a fateful moment of transformation in the eighteenth century that continues to reverberate to the present day. Transgression, once allocated the central place in the constitution of evil, undergoes a startling revaluation in the Enlightenment and its aftermath, one that needs to be understood in relation to emergent ideas in the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaran Kang engages with the writings of Edmund Burke, the Marquis de Sade, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Hannah Arendt, among others, as he questions recent calls to \"de-aestheticize\" evil and insists on a historically informed appreciation of evil's aesthetic dimensions. Chapters consider the figure of the \"evil genius,\" the paradoxical appeal of the grotesque and the disgusting, and the moral status of spectators who behold scenes of suffering and acts of transgression. In grappling with these issues, \u003ci\u003eTransgression and the Aesthetics of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e questions the feasibility and desirability of insulating the moral from the aesthetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taran Kang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487529074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487529079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022","brand":"Taran Kang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988476330239,"sku":"9781487529079","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a2e7c5f-d530-45a6-aad1-f7aa9e3f94b6.jpg?v=1683294695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transgression-and-the-aesthetics-of-taran-kang-9781487529079","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}