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portada Saving Beauty
Type
Physical Book
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Translated by
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Language
English
Pages
120
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
21.1 x 14.2 x 1.5 cm
Weight
0.25 kg.
ISBN13
9781509515097
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Saving Beauty

Byung-Chul Han (Author) · Daniel Steuer (Translated by) · Polity Press · Hardcover

Saving Beauty - Han, Byung-Chul ; Steuer, Daniel

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Synopsis "Saving Beauty"

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. 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. 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.
Byung-Chul Han
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Byung-Chul Han (Seoul, South Korea, 1959) studied Philosophy at the University of Freiburg and German Literature and Theology at the University of Munich. In 1994, he earned his doctorate from the first of these universities with a thesis on Martin Heidegger. After his habilitation, he taught philosophy at the University of Basel, from 2010 he was a professor of philosophy and media theory at the Karlsruhe College of Design, and since 2012 he has been a professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is the author of more than a dozen titles, most of which have been translated into Spanish by Herder Editorial.
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Marta Isabel Bedoya Giraldo Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Alguien puede decirme si aunque el titulo esta en Ingles, el libro llega en español? Gracias

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