Art Theory Aesthetics Philosophy Books

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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 13,898 ratings — published 1887
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Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,093 ratings — published
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 2,724 ratings — published 1757
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The Artworld The Artworld (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 34 ratings — published 1964
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After the End of Art After the End of Art (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,049 ratings — published 1997
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Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,131 ratings — published 1990
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Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kukai and Dogen on the Art of Enlightenment Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kukai and Dogen on the Art of Enlightenment (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 9 ratings — published 2013
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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy) The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2015
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Japanese Zen Buddhism and the Impossible Painting (Getty Research Institute Council Lecture Series) Japanese Zen Buddhism and the Impossible Painting (Getty Research Institute Council Lecture Series)
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avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published
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The Cultural Promise of the Aesthetic (Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy) The Cultural Promise of the Aesthetic (Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy)
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avg rating 2.00 — 3 ratings — published 2014
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SOS ― Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader SOS ― Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 19 ratings — published 2014
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Aisha’s Cushion: Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam Aisha’s Cushion: Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 15 ratings — published 2012
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African Art as Philosophy: Senghor, Bergson and the Idea of Negritude (The Africa List) African Art as Philosophy: Senghor, Bergson and the Idea of Negritude (The Africa List)
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avg rating 4.21 — 28 ratings — published 2011
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Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 384 ratings — published 1983
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The Problem of Beauty: Aesthetic Thought and Pursuits in Northern Song Dynasty China (Harvard East Asian Monographs) The Problem of Beauty: Aesthetic Thought and Pursuits in Northern Song Dynasty China (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 2006
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Sanskrit Criticism Sanskrit Criticism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published
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A History of Modern Japanese Aesthetics A History of Modern Japanese Aesthetics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.54 — 13 ratings — published 2001
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Race-ing Art History: Critical Readings in Race and Art History Race-ing Art History: Critical Readings in Race and Art History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 23 ratings — published 2002
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Chinese Aesthetics: The Ordering of Literature, the Arts, and the Universe in the Six Dynasties Chinese Aesthetics: The Ordering of Literature, the Arts, and the Universe in the Six Dynasties (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 2004
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Aboriginal Art, Identity and Appropriation (Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific) Aboriginal Art, Identity and Appropriation (Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005
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Six Names of Beauty Six Names of Beauty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 136 ratings — published 2004
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Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.56 — 85 ratings — published 2020
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Games: Agency As Art (Thinking Art) Games: Agency As Art (Thinking Art)
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avg rating 4.15 — 376 ratings — published
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The Buck, the Black, and the Existential Hero: Refiguring the Black Male Literary Canon, 1850 to Present The Buck, the Black, and the Existential Hero: Refiguring the Black Male Literary Canon, 1850 to Present (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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Poetry Is Not a Luxury Poetry Is Not a Luxury (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 4.59 — 233 ratings — published
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Abstractionist Aesthetics: Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture (NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis, 5) Abstractionist Aesthetics: Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture (NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis, 5)
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avg rating 3.85 — 13 ratings — published 2015
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Spectacular Blackness: The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic Spectacular Blackness: The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 15 ratings — published 2009
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In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 261 ratings — published 2003
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Black Looks: Race and Representation Black Looks: Race and Representation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 2,452 ratings — published 1992
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Radical Aesthetics and Modern Black Nationalism (New Black Studies Series) Radical Aesthetics and Modern Black Nationalism (New Black Studies Series)
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avg rating 4.38 — 8 ratings — published 2016
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A Rasa Reader: Classical Indian Aesthetics (Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought) A Rasa Reader: Classical Indian Aesthetics (Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought)
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avg rating 4.05 — 21 ratings — published 2016
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Painting Borges: Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature (Latin Amer Iberian Thought) Painting Borges: Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature (Latin Amer Iberian Thought)
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avg rating 3.00 — 4 ratings — published 2012
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Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.50 — 8 ratings — published 2009
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Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 701 ratings — published 2002
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Flesh of My Flesh Flesh of My Flesh (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 76 ratings — published 2009
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The Civil Contract of Photography The Civil Contract of Photography (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 104 ratings — published 2008
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The Emancipated Spectator The Emancipated Spectator (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 1,222 ratings — published 2008
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The Practice of Art History The Practice of Art History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.56 — 16 ratings — published 1999
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The Sublime Object of Ideology The Sublime Object of Ideology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 6,075 ratings — published 1989
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The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 309 ratings — published 1962
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Reading the Maya Glyphs Reading the Maya Glyphs (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 150 ratings — published 2001
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Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 4,967 ratings — published 1994
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Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 6,103 ratings — published 1960
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Avant-Garde and Kitsch Avant-Garde and Kitsch (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.57 — 101 ratings — published 1939
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Specters of Marx Specters of Marx (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 3,787 ratings — published 1993
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 36,394 ratings — published 1975
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The Tradition of the New The Tradition of the New (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 50 ratings — published 1959
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The Truth in Painting The Truth in Painting (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 343 ratings — published 1987
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 16,160 ratings — published 1983
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The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969 The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 47 ratings — published 1993
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