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The Promise of Beauty
Engelsk Paperback
The Promise of Beauty
Engelsk Paperback

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In The Promise of Beauty, Mimi Thi Nguyen explores the relationship between the concept of beauty and narratives of crisis and catastrophe. Nguyen conceptualizes beauty, which, she observes, we turn to in emergencies and times of destruction, as a tool to identify and bridge the discrepancy between the world as it is and what it ought to be. Drawing widely from aesthetic and critical theories, Nguyen outlines how beauty-or its lack-points to the conditions that must exist for it to flourish. She notes that an absence of beauty becomes both a political observation and a call to action to transform the conditions of the situation so as to replicate, preserve, or repair beauty. The promise of beauty can then engender a critique of social arrangements and political structures that would set the foundations for its possibility and presence. In this way, Nguyen highlights the role of beauty in inspiring action toward a more just world.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781478030973
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1478030976
Udg. Dato:
25 okt 2024
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
229mm
Højde:
153mm
Forlag:
Duke University Press
Oplagsdato:
25 okt 2024
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge