{"product_id":"bioaesthetics-making-sense-of-life-in-science-and-the-arts-paperback-softback-9781517900755","title":"Bioaesthetics; Making Sense of Life in Science and the Arts (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517900755","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBioaesthetics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMaking Sense of Life in Science and the Arts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarsten Strathausen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517900755\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.8 cm, 0.452 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you’ve ever wondered how we’ve gotten to the point where virtually every cultural theory field now boasts a ‘bio-’  or ‘neuro-’ subfield, Carsten Strathausen’s \u003ci\u003eBioaesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent guide. Setting the stage with scrupulous readings of historical controversies, Strathausen then incisively critiques the reductionist ‘biologism’ he finds in ‘literary Darwinism,’ ‘biopoetics,’ ‘neuroaestethics,’ and so on, before judiciously tackling Deleuze and affect theory. A powerful and insightful study, \u003ci\u003eBioaesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e rewards the reader with clarifying and careful mappings of important contemporary concepts.\"-John Protevi, author of \u003ci\u003eLife, War, Earth: Deleuze and the Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, bioaesthetics has used the latest discoveries in evolutionary studies and neuroscience to provide new ways of looking at art and aesthetics. Carsten Strathausen’s remarkable exploration of this emerging field is the first comprehensive account of its ideas, as well as a timely critique of its limitations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrathausen familiarizes readers with the basics of bioaesthetics, grounding them in its philosophical underpinnings while articulating its key components. Importantly, he delves into the longstanding problem of the “two cultures” that separate the arts and the sciences. Seeking to make bioaesthetics a more robust way of thinking, Strathausen then critiques it for failing to account for science’s historical and cultural assumptions. At its worst, he says, biologism reduces artworks to mere automatons that rubber-stamp pre-established scientific truths. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with a sensitive understanding of science’s strengths, and willing to refute its best arguments, \u003ci\u003eBioaesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e helps readers separate the sensible from the specious. At a time when humanities departments are shrinking-and when STEM education is on the rise-\u003ci\u003eBioaesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e makes vital points about the limitations of science, while lodging a robust defense of the importance of the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Biological Nature of \u003ci\u003eWhat\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst Consilience \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Is Bioaesthetics?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStructure and Chapters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Human Nature after Kant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKant and Biology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreformation and Epigenesis before 1800\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmergent Life (Autopoiesis and Cognition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSensus Communis Aestheticus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Marxism and Biology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarx and Darwin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChance and Necessity\u003c\/i\u003e, or, Kant Revisited\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScience and Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Biologistic Theory of History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Norm-Circularity and Aleatory Materialism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Cultural Evolution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSociobiology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvolutionary Psychology (EP)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSocial Learning and Sociogenesis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf Memes and Culturgens \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnogenesis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Evolutionary Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt and Nature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Survey of the Field\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Darwinism Revisited\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCognitive Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Neuroaesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to “Read” a Brain Scan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cerebral Subject\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsciousness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeuronal Aesthetics: The Historical View\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeuroaesthetics: The Scientific View\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Pre-existing Idea within Us”: Zeki’s Platonism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeleuze and Affect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Posthuman Aesthetics?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52521349906712,"sku":"9781517900755","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bioaesthetics-making-sense-of-life-in-science-and-the-arts-paperback-softback-9781517900755","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}