Passing Strange and Wonderful: Aesthetics, Nature, and Culture (Kodansha Globe)
by Yi-Fu Tuan
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In this rich and rewarding work, Yi-Fu Tuan vividly demonstrates that feeling and beauty are essential components of life and society. The aesthetic is not merely one aspect of culture but its central core -- both its driving force and its ultimate goal.Beginning with the individual and his physical world, Tuan's exploration progresses from the simple to the complex. His initial evaluation of the building blocks of aesthetic experience (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) develops gradually show more into a wide-ranging examination of the melaborate of human constructs, including art, architecture, literature, philosophy, music, and more. show lessTags
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Yi-Fu Tuan is the J. K. Wright and Vilas Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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