Menschliche Schönheit

By (author) Lisa Katharin Schmalzried

Book cover: Menschliche Schönheit

Extent: 376 pages

Publisher: Brill | mentis

Subjects: Philosophy

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(October 2021)

ISBN: 9783957432414

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $147.00

On back order

Although human beauty is a big societal issue, it is no central issue of contemporary aesthetics. To (re-)kindle philosophical interest in the topic of human beauty, this book discusses the question whether beauty is only skin-deep or whether it comes from within. Inspired by Kant’s, Schiller’s and Burke’s views on human beauty, it develops a characterological theory according to which human beauty is physical-expressive amiability.

Lisa Katharin Schmalzried arbeitet am Wittenberg-Zentrum für Globale Ethik und vertritt zugleich die Professur für praktische Philosophie an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen der Ästhetik, Ethik und angewandten Ethik.

  • By (author) Lisa Katharin Schmalzried