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Saving Beauty

Byung-Chul Han

Saving Beauty
Saving Beauty

Saving Beauty

Byung-Chul Han

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Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in a kind of 'pornography' of beauty.

"In this provocative analysis Han agitates against contemporary notions of smooth air-brushed beauty. Instead he pleads for an aesthetic based on a generative, creative, commitment to truth that can encompass negativity injury and disaster. Ranging from pornography to classical literature this tour de force of thinking about our understanding of beauty reminds us that philosophy can have teeth. Han writes with a compelling urgency about how we live in the here and now, but also how we could live better. Saving Beauty is an aesthetic call to arms; an example of how philosophy can militate for a better world and make us see anew." 
Karen Leeder, Oxford University

“Thrilling… a passionate and engaging read on a notion of beauty that has lost its standing in a digitized world.”
Philosophy Today



Byung-Chul Han is a Korean-born Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies who teaches at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He is the author of more than 20 books including The Scent of Time, The Transparency Society and The Burnout Society.

Specifications

  • Publisher
    Polity Press
  • Translator
    Daniel Steuer
  • Pub date
    Oct 2017
  • Pages
    120
  • Theme
    Philosophy: aesthetics
  • Dimensions
    201 x 135 x 10 mm
  • Weight
    136 gram
  • EAN
    9781509515103
  • Paperback
    Paperback
  • Language
    English

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