| The Aesthetics of Decay: Nothingness, Nostalgia, and the Absence of Reason Contributor(s): Ginsberg, Robert (Other), Jacobs, Jo Ellen (Other), Yelverton, Victor (Other) |
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ISBN: 0820486469 ISBN-13: 9780820486468 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $111.72 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
| Dewey: 190 |
| LCCN: 2006019387 |
| Series: New Studies in Aesthetics |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Aesthetics of Decay, Dylan Trigg confronts the remnants from the fallout of post-industrialism and postmodernism. Through a considered analysis of memory, place, and nostalgia, Trigg argues that the decline of reason enables a critique of progress to emerge. In this ambitious work, Trigg aims to reassess the direction of progress by situating it in a spatial context. In doing so, he applies his critique of rationality to modern ruins. The derelict factory, abandoned asylum, and urban alleyway all become allies in Trigg's attack on a fixed image of temporality and progress. The Aesthetics of Decay offers a model of post-rational aesthetics in which spatial order is challenged by an affirmative ethics of ruin. |
