| Title | : | Being for Beauty |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Dominic McIver Lopes |
| Release | : | 2018-09-19 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Philosophy, Books, Nonfiction, Arts & Entertainment, Aesthetics, Ethics |
| Size | : | 1492578 |
| For centuries, philosophers have identified beauty with what brings pleasure. Dominic McIver Lopes challenges this interpretation by offering an entirely new theory of beauty - that beauty engages us in action, in concert with others, in the context of social networks - and sheds light on why aesthetic engagement is crucial for quality of life. |
