The Perils of Uglytown : Studies in Structural Misanthropology from Plato to Rembrandt /

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"The Perils of Uglytown develops a new concept, structural misanthropology, and traces its operation first in the dialogues of Plato and then in the work of humanists, playwrights, and painters of the Renaissance in Italy, England, and the Netherlands"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berger, Harry, Jr., 1924- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophical anthropology.
Art, Renaissance.
Alienation (Philosophy)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
PHILOSOPHY > Good & Evil.
ART > European.
philosophical anthropology.
Alienation (Philosophie)
Philosophie ancienne.
Art de la Renaissance.
Anthropologie philosophique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front ; Contents; Contents; Preface; A Polar Model of Culture Change; The Discourse of Pleonexia; Dying Angry; More Than a Talking Head; The Perils of Uglytown; Adeimantus and Glaucon; Four Virtues in the; (1) Wisdom; Four Virtues in the; (2) Courage, The Well-Born Lye; Four Virtues in the; (3) Temperance; Four Virtues in the Republic: (4) Justice; Apprehension in the; Cybernetic Alienation; Collecting Body Parts in Leonardo's Cave; Prospero's Humiliation; The Drama of Competitive Posing; Notes; Index.

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