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• Author/Creator:Terrosi, Roberto, 1965- author.
  
• Title:A new cultural theory of aesthetics : genes, memes, symbols, and simulacra / Roberto Terrosi.
  
• ISBN:9781793626677
  1793626677
  9781793626684
  
• Publication:Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]
  
• Physical Description:xiii, 271 pages ; 24 cm
  

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  • Call Number: BH39 .T4725 2024 (LC)
    
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• Summary:"This book develops a theory of aesthetics that criticizes scientific and philosophical reductionism that denies the importance of culture in art and taste, but its theory accepts some fundamental aspects of Neo-Darwinist theory of culture by addressing points of convergence among the notions of meme, simulacrum, and symbol"--
  
• Other formats:Online version: Terrosi, Roberto, 1965- New cultural theory of aesthetics Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]
  
• Format:Book
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
  
• Contents:Archaeology and genealogy of aesthetics -- Philosophical premises of cultural theory -- The evolution of culture -- Memes and simulacra -- Bigaku : the crisis of modern aesthetics and the return of beauty -- Value, power, art, economics.
  
• Subjects:Aesthetics--Philosophy.