Theories of Ugliness: An Unseemly Aesthetic History. Roche 9781350425606 New**

Name: Theories of Ugliness: An Unseemly Aesthetic History. Roche 9781350425606 New**
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Why has our preoccupation with concepts, standards, and theories of the beautiful not resulted in a correspondingly comprehensive theoretical treatment of the ugly? Theories of Ugliness remedies this by gathering and scrutinising ideas of the ugly and unsightly from across the history of Western aesthetic and philosophical writing.\nTaking in ancient, medieval and early modern concepts, all the way through to more recent Anglo-American conceptions, this book reveals the extraordinary preoccupation with ugliness exhibited by some of Germany\u2019s leading philosophers. Fascinating insights into ugliness from dialectical, categorical or purely aesthetic perspectives are found in thinkers such as Hegel, Lessing, Schlegel, Nietzsche, Adorno, Julia Kristeva and most notably Karl Rosenkranz. Whether\n\nTheories of Ugliness\nAn Unseemly Aesthetic History\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease not;