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Saving Beauty
Han, Byung-Chul (Berlin University of the Arts, Germany)
Saving Beauty
Han, Byung-Chul (Berlin University of the Arts, Germany)
Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in a kind of 'pornography' of beauty.
120 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 6, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9781509515103 |
Publishers | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Pages | 120 |
Dimensions | 211 × 139 × 11 mm · 142 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Steuer, Daniel |