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Homo aestheticus
the invention of taste in the democratic age
By Ferry, Luc
- ISBN
- 978-0-22624-459-4
- Publisher
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c1993.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 1993
Ferry uses the history of aesthetics to explain the origin and growth of modern philosophy. In the Middle Ages, art reflected a fixed order of values, based on divine authority. The onset of the Enlightenment in the 17th century dealt the medieval world view a fatal blow. Human beings attempted to establish an ethics of reason res...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
