On Beauty and Being Just

Name: On Beauty and Being Just
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ISBN: 9780691089591

ISBN-10: 0691089590

ISBN-13: 9780691089591

Edition: 1999

Authors: Elaine Scarry

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Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. InOn Beauty and Being JustElaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it but also argues that beauty does indeed press us toward a greater concern for justice. Taking inspiration from writers and thinkers as diverse as Homer, Plato, Marcel Proust, Simone Weil, and Iris Murdoch as well as her own experiences, Scarry offers up an elegant, passionate manifesto for the revival of beauty in our…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English




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