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Saving Beauty


Saving Beauty


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von: Byung-Chul Han

10,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 27.10.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9781509515134
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 120

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<p>Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in a kind of 'pornography' of beauty.</p> <p>In this book, cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han reinvigorates aesthetic theory for our digital age. He interrogates our preoccupation with all things slick and smooth, from Jeff Koon's sculptures and the iPhone to Brazilian waxing. Reaching far deeper than our superficial reactions to viral videos and memes, Han reclaims beauty, showing how it manifests itself as truth, temptation and even disaster.</p> <p>This wide-ranging and profound exploration of beauty, encompassing ethical and political considerations as well as aesthetic, will appeal to all those interested in cultural and aesthetic theory, philosophy and digital media.</p>
1. The Smooth<br /> 2. The Smooth Body<br /> 3. The Aesthetics of the Smooth<br /> 4. Digital Beauty<br /> 5. The Aesthetics of Veiling<br /> 6. The Aesthetics of Injury<br /> 7. The Aesthetics of Disaster<br /> 8. The Ideal of Beauty<br /> 9. Beauty as Truth<br /> 10. The Politics of Beauty<br /> 11. Pornographic Theatre<br /> 12. Lingering on Beauty<br /> 13. Beauty as Reminiscence<br /> 14. Giving Birth in Beauty<br /> Notes
"In this provocative analysis Han agitates against contemporary notions of smooth air-brushed beauty. Instead he pleads for an aesthetic based on a generative, creative, commitment to truth that can encompass negativity injury and disaster. Ranging from pornography to classical literature this <i>tour de force</i> of thinking about our understanding of beauty reminds us that philosophy can have teeth. Han writes with a compelling urgency about how we live in the here and now, but also how we could live better. <i>Saving Beauty</i> is an aesthetic call to arms; an example of how philosophy can militate for a better world and make us see anew." <br /><b>Karen Leeder, Oxford University<br /><br /></b> <p>“Thrilling… a passionate and engaging read on a notion of beauty that has lost its standing in a digitized world.”<br /><b><i>Philosophy Today</i></b></p>
<b>Byung-Chul Han</b> is a Korean-born Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies who teaches at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He is the author of more than 20 books including <i>The Scent of Time</i>, <i>The Transparency Society</i> and <i>The Burnout Society</i>.

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