{"product_id":"aesthetic-life-and-why-it-matters-hardcover","title":"Aesthetic Life and Why It Matters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Lopes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBence Nanay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNick Riggle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the sunset swings into view, you think, \"That's beautiful.\" You take a bite of cake and you think, \"Wow, that's sweet\"-maybe too sweet. You hear that new song and it blows you away. You play it for your friends. The novel is wonderful, the movie disappoints, the dress looked better in the store. \u003cem\u003eAesthetic Life and Why It Matters\u003c\/em\u003e offers three new answers to Socrates's great question about how we should live that focus on the place of aesthetic engagement in well-being. Three philosophers offer their perspectives on how aesthetic commitments move us through the world and shape our well-being, our sense of self, and our connections to others. Aesthetic engagement is a site for achievement, it cultivates individuality within a context of community, and it satisfies a hunger for exploring our differences. A closing dialogue between the authors probes some flash points in thinking about value: disagreement, subjectivism, ethnocentrism, fads and fashions, and ideology critique.\u003cbr\u003eWritten in appealing prose, with vivid examples, a comprehensive introduction, and suggestions for further reading, the book is designed as a self-contained module in aesthetics for introductory courses in philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDominic McIver Lopes\u003c\/strong\u003e FRSC teaches philosophy at the University of British Columbia and has written on a wide variety of topics in aesthetics, including the meaning and value of images, new technologies in the arts, and theories of art and aesthetic value. He is now writing a book on aesthetic\u003cbr\u003einjustice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBence Nanay\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor at the University of Antwerp and the Director of European Network for Sensory Research. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eBetween Perception and Action\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), \u003cem\u003eAesthetics as Philosophy of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and \u003cem\u003eAesthetics: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(2019), all with Oxford University Press as well as six forthcoming books. His main focus of work these days is a project on global aesthetics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNick Riggle\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eOn Being Awesome: A Unified Theory of How Not to Suck\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), as well as several articles on aesthetic value and why it matters. He is currently working on a book about the philosophical and cultural\u003cbr\u003esignificance of existential imperatives like \u003cem\u003ecarpe diem, live in the moment\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eyou only live once\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45850436731077,"sku":"9780197625798","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/QnRkaDBiVHNyMy8rNnJxU2dXQWo5Zz09.webp?v=1771440198","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/aesthetic-life-and-why-it-matters-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}