Byung-Chul Han Saving Beauty (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Saving BeautyCondition: NewEAN: 9781509515103ISBN: 9781509515103Publisher: Polity PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/06/2017Item Height: 209mmItem Length: 139mmItem Width: 7mmItem Weight: 162gLanguage: EnglishDescription: Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in a kind of 'pornography' of beauty. In this book, cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han reinvigorates aesthetic theory for our digital age. He interrogates our preoccupation with all things slick and smooth, from Jeff Koon's sculptures and the iPhone to Brazilian waxing. Reaching far deeper than our superficial reactions to viral videos and memes, Han reclaims beauty, showing how it manifests itself as truth, temptation and even disaster. This wide-ranging and profound exploration of beauty, encompassing ethical and political considerations as well as aesthetic, will appeal to all those interested in cultural and aesthetic theory, philosophy and digital media.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Society & CultureAuthor: Byung-Chul HanTranslator: Daniel SteuerContributor: Daniel Steuer (Translated by)Release Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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