Retrieval of the Beautiful: Thinking Through Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetics

Contributor(s): Johnson, Galen A (Author)

ISBN: 9780810125667

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

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Pub Date: January 28, 2010

Dewey: 111.85092

LCCN: 2009027736

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 8.90" L x 5.90" W ( 1.00 lbs) 312 pages

BISAC Categories:

Philosophy | Aesthetics

Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

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In this elegant new study Galen Johnson retrieves the concept of the beautiful through the framework of Merleau-Ponty's aesthetics. Although Merleau-Ponty seldom spoke directly of beauty, his philosophy is essentially about the beautiful.

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