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Aesthetics after Darwin : the multiple origins and functions of the arts / Winfried Menninghaus ; translated by Alexandra Berlina.
Van Pelt Library BH39 .M452713 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Menninghaus, Winfried, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Wozu Kunst? English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Arts--Philosophy.
- Arts.
- Aesthetics.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. Descent of man.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Descent of man (Darwin, Charles).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 163 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Competitive courtship and aesthetic judgment/choice : Darwin's model of the arts
- The arts as promoters of social cooperation and cohesion
- Engagement in the arts as ontogenetic self-(trans-)formation
- A cooptation model of the evolution of the human arts : when "sense of beauty," play behavior, technology, and symbolic cognition join forces.
- Notes:
- "The original German version of this book was published in 2011. For the purposes of the present English translation, it was substantially revised."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Beth & Matthew Mezvinsky Collection Fund for Modern Philosophy.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Menninghaus, Winfried, author. Evolution of the human arts
- ISBN:
- 9781644690000
- 1644690004
- OCLC:
- 1090282529
- Publisher Number:
- 99981821616
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