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This Strange Idea of the Beautiful

This Strange Idea of the Beautiful

Jullien, François
Fijalkowski, Krzysztof
Richardson, Michael

Paperback

Series: The Seagull Library of French Literature

PhilosophyArt Criticism & TheoryGeneral Eastern Religions

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ISBN10: 180309057X
ISBN13: 9781803090573
Publisher: Sea Boating
Published: Sep 1 2022
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

An exploration of what it means when we say something is beautiful.

Bringing together ideas of beauty from both Eastern and Western philosophy, François Jullien challenges the assumptions underlying our commonly agreed-upon definition of what is beautiful and offers a new way of beholding art. Jullien argues that the Western concept of beauty was established by Greek philosophy and became consequently embedded within the very structure of European languages. And due to its relationship to language, this concept has determined ways of thinking about beauty that often go unnoticed or unchecked in discussions of Western aesthetics. Moreover, through globalization, Western ideals of beauty have even spread to cultures whose ancient traditions are based upon radically different aesthetic foundations; yet, these cultures have adopted such views without question and without recognizing the cultural assumptions they contain.

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