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Italian philosopherGiorgioAgamben takes a close look at why the sense of taste has not historically been appreciated as a means to know and experience pleasure or why it has always been considered inferior to actual theoretical knowledge. Taste, Agamben argues, is a category that has much to reveal to the contemporary world. Taking a step into thehistoryof philosophy and reaching tothe very origins of aesthetics, Agamben critically recovers the roots of one of Western culture's cardinal concepts.Agambenis the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and withTastehe turns his critical eye to the realm of Western art and aesthetic practice.This volume will not only engage the author's devoted fans in philosophy, sociology, and literary criticism but also his growing audience among art theorists and historians.

Taste

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      Publisher Seagull Books
      Published 10 August 2024
      ISBN-13 9781803094489
      978-1803094489
      ISBN-10 1803094486
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      Book Synopsis
      Italian philosopherGiorgioAgamben takes a close look at why the sense of taste has not historically been appreciated as a means to know and experience pleasure or why it has always been considered inferior to actual theoretical knowledge. Taste, Agamben argues, is a category that has much to reveal to the contemporary world. Taking a step into thehistoryof philosophy and reaching tothe very origins of aesthetics, Agamben critically recovers the roots of one of Western culture's cardinal concepts.Agambenis the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and withTastehe turns his critical eye to the realm of Western art and aesthetic practice.This volume will not only engage the author's devoted fans in philosophy, sociology, and literary criticism but also his growing audience among art theorists and historians.

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