Description: Beauty surrounds us-in art, in nature, and in countless aspects of life-yet it remains deeply puzzling. How can something so intimately tied to feeling also demand rational responsiveness? In Beholden to Beauty, Gorodeisky explores beauty's unique status as personal, social, and universal, and its inseparable connection to our capacity for feeling. This provocative work invites readers to grapple with enduring questions about why beauty matters and what it reveals about human agency.
