Frontiers Of Pleasure Hardcover

Anastasia-Erasm Peponi

Frontiers of Pleasure calls into question a number of influential modern notions regarding aesthetics by going back to the very beginnings of aesthetic thought in Greece and raising critical issues regarding conceptions of how one responds to the beautiful. Despite a recent rebirth of interest in aesthetics, extensive discussion of this key cluster of topics has been absent. Anatasia-Erasmia Peponi argues that although the Greek language had no formal term equivalent to the "aesthetic," the notion was deeply rooted in Greek thought. Her analysis centers on a dominant aspect of beauty-the aural-associated with a highly influential sector of culture that comprised both poetry and instrumental music, the "

9780199798322

English

Oxford University Press

15-Feb-12

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Anatasia-Erasmia Peponi