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    <body><![CDATA[Thought-provoking examination and defense of Beauty (currently frowned on in much of the art world). Scarry proposes that enjoyment of Beauty aids in the formation of a sense of social justice in this deeply felt polemic. Though there are issues she skirts (the lust for possession which beautiful ob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31678883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found the basic foundational premise to be flawed.  She's essentially attempting to equate beauty with justice.  Leaving aside the myriad complexities of subjective/objective distinctions and other philosophical disputes, it seems clear enough on its face that some things that people consider to b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37257432">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[very enjoyable if you're into the very theoretical.  which i am.  her sparse use of examples amidst abstraction means that when she has examples or concrete details, they're very powerful.<br/><br/>below is a paragraph i particularly enjoyed:<br/>&quot;Radical decentering might also be called an ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3550468">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[About the sixth time reading this book. I get something new every time, but always come away a little unconvinced about the connection between beauty and justice, though perhaps I could be persuaded that beauty is our most potent rhetorical device to advance a theory of justice based on equality/sym...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73177652">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book years ago, but rereading it I found her philosophical argument both more lovable than before, as well as more contentious.  If you like pretty, short treatises, read it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This might deserve more stars but I read it on the subway and was frequently not fully engaged in the book so I didn't comprehend parts of in. Not light reading.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here I am breaking again my rule not to include the books I read for D--. Scarry is a genius.  But, more importantly, she must have one hell of a garden!  She made my day.  &quot;A beautiful thing is not the only thing in the world that can make us feel adjacent; nor is it the only thing in the worl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37906299">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What in god's name is she talking about? The prose is pretty good though. And the sketches are... nice. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A small book, arguing for the return of beauty (or discourse about beauty) to the humanities, through its depoliticalization.  While Scarry is largely convincing in her phenomenology of beauty and her defense of the gaze against those who would charge it as purely destructive, where perhaps her argu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1263497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this brief defense of beauty and its relationship to justice was a pleasurable read. i think it lacks in the theoretically sound department, as some of the conclusions she makes, while having a logical set ups, don't seem to be quite founded. however, the writing was true to its topic and the subjec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2127069">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An unabashed defense of beauty, concise and cleanly written.  I actually really loved this book, although part 1 is much more intuitive than part 2, and i started to drift off toward the end.  I have never ventured into Aesthetics and probably will not again for quite a while, but the relationship b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11052776">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first part of the text claims that beauty demands replication (lovely) and that it brings us closer to truth (perhaps).  Scarry cites everyone from Matisse to Dante to Homer in her discussion of beauty.  The second half of the text, where Scarry argues that beauty leads to (social) justice, feel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13629897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are flaws: it's quite precious (what with the illustrations and anecdotes about the way palm trees mark a Change in Scarry's life), the logic is not always really spot-on, it's a little reductive-- but still, it's an accessible and thought-provoking piece of aesthetic theory. And Scarry does m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10747325">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While Scarry abandons the now-traditional academic discourse of citation.after.citation, she still conveys an urgent and powerful argument for beauty.  Curious lacunae and oddly simplistic arguments, together with the occasional non-sequitor, flaw this forceful (and even, at times, elegant) little b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64869794">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a difficult read (it's short and took many months--about par for the course for a philosophy read, I guess), but I think Scarry's point is valid: beauty seen and enacted in the world leads to justice.  It honestly seems to me a little like common sense, but I admire the skill with which Scar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29241684">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At times, his little book is shocking in its insights and clarity. I would recommnd it for anyone who plans on keeping beauty in their lives. Recommended. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Explores why we think beautiful things are beautiful. Biggest thing I learned here is that beauty is only as superficial as we restrict it to be. Beauty can be a profoundly moving experience, and most importantly, a powerful catalyst for good. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[According to Scarry, Beauty &quot;reproduces&quot; itself.  How then does one live in the presence of Beauty?  Why is Beauty a necessity for those who actively work for peace and justice? Why do we house our greatest creations in galleries and museums?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite readable for theory. Another title could be &quot;In Defense of Beauty,&quot; with the argument for bringing the discussion of beauty back to the humanities. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[an interesting, beautiful read. at times frustratingly abstract, but I could watch elaine scarry think for years, so overall a worthy read.]]></body>
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