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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: $118.49  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: July 2006
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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" L (1.10 lbs) 268 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Modern
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 8
 
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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.
 
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