The Gift of Beauty and the Passion of Being

by William Desmond

Book Overview

This book gathers a set of reflections on the gift of beauty and the passion of being. There is something surprising about beauty that we receive and that moves the passion of being in us. The book takes issue with an ambiguous attitude to beauty among some who proclaim their advanced aesthetic authenticity. Beauty seems bland and lacks the more visceral thrill of the ugly, indeed the excremental. We crave what disrupts and provokes us, not what gives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532617100
• ISBN13: 9781532617102
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"