Only a Promise of Happiness : The Place of Beauty in a World of Art by Nehamas, Alexander

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Princeton University Press, 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Bright unopened pages. "Examination copy" stamp to lower ends. Front cover has bump to side edge. With novelty opaque jacket with cu-outs. Cut-outs with closed tears to corners. .

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. 186 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with moderate shelfwear. "Neither art nor philosophy was kind to beauty during the twentieth century. Much modern art disdains beauty, and many philosophers deeply suspect that beauty merely paints over or distracts us from horrors. Intellectuals consigned the passions of beauty to the margins, replacing them with the anemic and rarefied alternative, "aesthetic pleasure." In Only a Promise of Happiness, Alexander Nehamas reclaims beauty from its critics. He seeks to restore its place in art, to reestablish the connections among art, beauty, and desire, and to show that the values of art, independently of their moral worth, are equally crucial to the rest of life. Nehamas makes his case with characteristic grace, sensitivity, and philosophical depth, supporting his arguments with searching studies of art and literature, high and low, from… Read More

Princeton University Press, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated. Dj has very light edgewear. There are 2 windows on the front of the dj (cut-outs), one of the windows the edges are torn on. Very light wear. There is a stamp on bottom page edges "Examination copy".

Princeton University Press, 2007. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:9780691095219

A very good+ hardcover with very good- DJ (rice paper), has 2 small tears bottom cut-out, book as new. Neither art nor philosophy was kind to beauty during the twentieth century. Much modern art disdains beauty, and many philosophers deeply suspect that beauty merely paints over or distracts us from horrors. Intellectuals consigned the passions of beauty to the margins, replacing them with the anemic and rarefied alternative, "aesthetic pleasure." In Only a Promise of Happiness, Alexander Nehamas reclaims beauty from its critics. He seeks to restore its place in art, to reestablish the connections among art, beauty, and desire, and to show that the values of art, independently of their moral worth, are equally crucial to the rest of life.Nehamas makes his case with characteristic grace, sensitivity, and philosophical depth, supporting his arguments with searching studies of art and literature, high and low, from Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and Manet's Olympia to television. Throughout, the… Read More

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