Eco-aesthetics : art, literature and architecture in a period of climate change /
"By moving beyond traditional aesthetic categories (beauty, the sublime, the religious), Eco-Aesthetics takes an inter-disciplinary approach bridging the arts, humanities and social sciences and explores what aesthetics might mean in the 21st century. It is one in a series of new, radical aesth...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2014.
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| Series: | Radical aesthetics, radical art.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "By moving beyond traditional aesthetic categories (beauty, the sublime, the religious), Eco-Aesthetics takes an inter-disciplinary approach bridging the arts, humanities and social sciences and explores what aesthetics might mean in the 21st century. It is one in a series of new, radical aesthetics promoting debate, confronting convention and formulating alternative ways of thinking about art practice. There is no doubt that the social and environmental spheres are interconnected but can art and artists really make a difference to the global environmental crisis? Can art practice meaningfully contribute to the development of sustainable lifestyles? Malcolm Miles explores the strands of eco-art, eco-aesthetics and contemporary aesthetic theories, offering timely critiques of consumerism and globalisation and, ultimately, offers a possible formulation of an engaged eco-aesthetic for the early 21st century"-- "An introduction to a radical new aesthetic theory drawing upon both contemporary theory and art practice"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472530981 1472530985 9781472594372 1472594371 1472524608 9781472524607 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781472594372 |