Beauty Restored: An Essay in Aesthetic Theory

By Mary Mothersill

Book Overview

In this book the author assesses the main trends of recent aesthetics and makes two important philosophical claims: one, that there are genuine (that is, true and demonstrable) judgments of taste, and two, that there are no principles or laws of taste. In a penetrating and insightful defense of these theses, Mothersill addresses the question of their compatibility and develops the contrast between aesthetic and ethical reasoning and between beauty and the sublime.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198249608
• ISBN13: 9780198249603
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.4"