Only a promise of happiness: the place of beauty in a world of art

"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 lif...

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Main Author: Nehamas, Alexander 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton Univ. Press 2007
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Summary:"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:186 S. zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:9780691095219
0691095213

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