A History of Western Aesthetics (Volume 2)

Author: Ruyin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The four-volume History of Western Aesthetics is edited by Ruyin, with key members such as Zhou Guoping, Ling Jiye, and Jin Huimin being leading scholars at the forefront of current academia. The theoretical and historical development of this book originates from ancient Greece, passes through ancient Rome, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and extends to modern times. Over a span of two thousand years, its emergence, development, divergence, reversals, collisions, and integrations have been passed down through generations, presenting distinctive features that differ greatly from Eastern aesthetics. All of these are the main subjects of this four-volume study. Its publication provides a genuine and objective, relatively complete historical resource for the innovative research of contemporary Western philosophy, aesthetics, literary theory, and social science theories in China. It offers historically significant positive aesthetic experiences for the construction of socialist spiritual civilization and is a high-quality academic work. This book is the second volume, covering the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.