Glenn Parsons: Aesthetics and Nature

Cover: 9780826496768 | Aesthetics and Nature | Glenn Parsons | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2008

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Beschreibung

Aesthetics and Nature offers a clear and accessible introduction to the field of nature aesthetics. Glenn Parsons explores the current debates in the field, providing the reader with a thorough overview of the subject. The book situates nature aesthetics in relation to two principal influences: aesthetics' traditional project of understanding the value of art and current thought on the ethics of our relationship with nature.
The book outlines five major approaches to understanding the aesthetic value of nature and explores the aesthetic appreciation of nature as it occurs in wilderness, in gardens, and in the context of appreciating environmental art. The book also includes a study of the idea that conserving nature's beauty provides a compelling reason to preserve wilderness. This highly topical idea has deep implications for the importance of aesthetic value in our relationship to nature, and for the fate of nature itself. Combining a clear and engaging style with a sophisticated treatment of a fascinating subject, Aesthetics and Nature is a valuable contribution to contemporary aesthetics.

Über den Autor

Glenn Parsons is Professor of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.

Zusammenfassung

The author is a young but very highly regarded academic - he is currently co-authoring a book for OUP with Allen Carlson, the leading figure in nature aesthetics today.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Approaching the Philosophy of Natural Beauty
2. Imagination, Belief and Aesthetic Judgement
3. Formalism
4. Science and Nature Aesthetics
5. Pluralism
6. Nature and the Disembodied Aesthetic
7. Aesthetic Preservation
8. Nature in the Garden
9. Art in Nature
Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780826496768
ISBN-10:	0826496768
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Parsons, Glenn
Hersteller:	Continnuum-3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Glenn Parsons
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.09.2008
Gewicht:	0,23 kg