Saving beauty
Han, Byung-Chul2017
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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 book, cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han reinvigorates aesthetic theory for our digital age. He interrogates our preoccupation with all things slick and smooth, from Jeff Koon's sculptures and the iPhone to Brazilian waxing.
Main title:
Saving beauty / Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Daniel Steuer.
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Imprint:
Cambridge : Polity Press, 2017.Cambridge : Polity Press, 2017.
Collation:
112 pages
Notes:
Translated from the German.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781509515103 (pbk)
Dewey class:
111.85
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
1846234