The Aesthetics of Environment
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.
Published:24th Jan '95
Should be back in stock very soon
Environmental aesthetics explores the meaning and influence of environmental perception and experience on human life. Arguing for the idea that environment is fully integrated and continuous with us, this book explores the aesthetic dimensions of the human-environment continuum in both theoretical terms and concrete situations.An engaging discussion of environment as aesthetic experience
"Not since Thoreau has an American author displayed such a profound appreciation for the aesthetics of nature; but, unlike Thoreau, Berleant has designed a program for allowing others to join in on that appreciation."
—E. F. Kaelin, Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University
"Arnold Berleant's Aesthetics of Environment poses an important path for philosophy to walk down—instead of environmental ethics, where what is right and wrong in nature is discussed, he goes after the difficult destination of deciding how to articulate what is beautiful in the nature we want, not the nature we see."
—Human Ecology Review
"Berleant's new environmental aesthetics is a challenge not only to the philosophers but also to the practitioners of environment-making. With rich illustrations and freedom from technical jargon, Berleant applies his new aesthetics to analyzing and solving the practical problems concerning various environmental designs of today."
—Canadian Philosophical Review
ISBN: 9781566393348
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
Weight: unknown
315 pages