Author: DAVID ROTHENBERG
Title: Survival of the Beautiful
Description: A&C Black, 2013. Paperback. Pp: 311. 'The peacock's tail makes me sick!' said Charles Darwin. That's because the theory of evolution as adaptation can't explain why nature is so beautiful. It took the concept of sexual selection for Darwin to explain that, a process that has more to do with aesthetic taste than adaptive fitness. Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. Taking inspiration from Darwin's observation that animals have a natural aesthetic sense, philosopher and musician David Rothenberg probes why animals, humans included, have an innate appreciation for beauty - and why nature is, indeed, beautiful. ISBN: 9781408830567. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781408830567
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Title: Survival of the Beautiful
Description: A&C Black, 2013. Paperback. Pp: 311. 'The peacock's tail makes me sick!' said Charles Darwin. That's because the theory of evolution as adaptation can't explain why nature is so beautiful. It took the concept of sexual selection for Darwin to explain that, a process that has more to do with aesthetic taste than adaptive fitness. Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. Taking inspiration from Darwin's observation that animals have a natural aesthetic sense, philosopher and musician David Rothenberg probes why animals, humans included, have an innate appreciation for beauty - and why nature is, indeed, beautiful. ISBN: 9781408830567. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781408830567
Price: EUR 10.00 = appr. US$ 10.87 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2444953
- Book number: 2444953
See more books from our catalog: Natuur & dier