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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. In On Beauty and Being Just... read more

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First Sentence

WHAT IS THE felt experience of cognition at the moment one stands in the presence of a beautiful boy or flower or bird?

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  1. Elaine Scarry (Author)

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  1. 21st century
  2. aesthetics
  3. art
  4. criticism
  5. ethics
  6. non-fiction
  7. philosophy 
 

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