The Future of Aesthetics /

"Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of the discipline in the broad social structures provided by universities and civilizations, and tac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sparshott, Francis Edward, 1926-2015
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wetenschappelijk onderwijs.
Esthetica.
Education, Higher.
Aesthetics.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
higher education.
Enseignement superieur.
Esthetique.
Livres numeriques.
e-books.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of the discipline in the broad social structures provided by universities and civilizations, and tackles many perennially interesting questions about education and the life of the mind."--Jacket.
Item Description:Based on the 1996 Ryle lectures, delivered at Trent University, Peterborough, Ont., on Mar. 11-14, 1996.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9781442681316

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