The Baumgarten Corruption

London: Pluto Press, 1995. As new! Hard bound in blue cloth, 1st edition, 186pp inc. bibliography & index. Remainder dot to bottom edge else a new, unread copy without a dust jacket, as issued. 345 grams.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

East Haven, CT, U.S.A: Pluto Press, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. The central purpose of this book is to arrive at a critical view of the conventional state of thought on art and aesthetics; the central argument is that art is not a quality but a category, and that aesthetics is not primarily about art, contrary to… Read more about this item

Pluto Press, London 1995. 21.5 x 14.5cms, 186pp, very good paperback & cover Baumgarten introduced the word 'aesthetic' into the discourse on beauty and taste. This book argues that this discourse has collapsed around 'the shrunken & peculiar paradigm of contemporary gallery art'. The chapters are: riddle & paradox: knowledge; the Baumgarten corruption; Gombrich & Bourdieu; aesthetics, the cognitive… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.