Eco-aesthetics : art, literature and architecture in a period of climate change / Malcolm Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Malcolm, author.

Series:

Radical Aesthetics-Radical Art

Radical aesthetics, radical art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts and society--History--21st century.

Arts and society.

Environment (Aesthetics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"By moving beyond traditional aesthetic categories (beauty, the sublime, the religious), Eco-Aesthetics takes an inter-disciplinary approach bridging the arts, humanities and social sciences and explores what aesthetics might mean in the 21st century. It is one in a series of new, radical aesthetics promoting debate, confronting convention and formulating alternative ways of thinking about art practice. There is no doubt that the social and environmental spheres are interconnected but can art and artists really make a difference to the global environmental crisis? Can art practice meaningfully contribute to the development of sustainable lifestyles? Malcolm Miles explores the strands of eco-art, eco-aesthetics and contemporary aesthetic theories, offering timely critiques of consumerism and globalisation and, ultimately, offers a possible formulation of an engaged eco-aesthetic for the early 21st century"--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of illustrations

Introduction

1. Climate Change and Culture

2. Ecologies

3. Aesthetics

4. Ruins and Catastrophes

5. Regressions and Reclamations

6. Representations

7. Interruptions

8. Cultures and Climate Change

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472594372

1472594371

9781472530981

1472530985

OCLC:

965467210