{"product_id":"a-return-to-aesthetics-9780804751155","title":"A Return to Aesthetics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Return to Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e confronts postmodernism's rejection of aesthetics by showing that this critique rests on central concepts of classical aesthetic theory, namely autonomous form, disinterest, and symbolic discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Return to Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh and interesting approach to the classical concepts of the aesthetic theory, namely autonomous form.\" -- \u003ci\u003eConsciousness, Literature and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...this is a forward-looking and vital contribution to aesthetics. In a convincing account, which masterfully links careful historical analysis with contemporary debate, Loesberg offers what is badly needed: a way out and beyond the ideological impasse between the alleged foundationalism of aesthetics and the supposed anti-aesthetics of postmodernism.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@fmct:Contents  @toc4:Introduction\t1  @toc2:Chapter I\tAesthetics and the Argument From Design\t00  Chapter II\tIndifferent Embodiment\t00  Chapter III\tFoucault's Aesthetics\t000  Chapter IV\tBourdieu's Aesthetics\t000  @toc4:Notes\t000  Bibliography\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405560979799,"sku":"9780804751155","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804751155.jpg?v=1730492837","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-return-to-aesthetics-9780804751155","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}