Passing Strange and Wonderful: Aesthetics Nature And Culture

Type

Book

Authors

Yi-Fu Tuan

ISBN 10

1559632097

ISBN 13

9781559632096

Tags

Religion & Spirituality, Ecology, Environmental Science, Nature Writing & Essays, Aesthetics, Metaphysics

Description

In this rich and rewarding work, Yi-Fu Tuan vividly demonstrates that feeling and beauty are essential components of life and society. The aesthetic is not merely one aspect of culture but its central core -- both its driving force and its ultimate goal.Beginning with the individual and his physical world, Tuan's exploration progresses from the simple to the complex. His initial evaluation of the building blocks of aesthetic experience (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) develops gradually into a wide-ranging examination of the most elaborate of human constructs, including art, architecture, literature, philosophy, music, and more. - from Amzon

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