The aesthetics of food : the philosophical debate about what we eat and drink /: the philosophical debate about what we eat and drink. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kevin W. Sweeney.
• Authors: Sweeney, Kevin W, 1945-
• Contents: 1. Introduction / 2. Can food be beautiful? The debate about food from Antiquity to the Renaissance / 3. 'Literal taste' and 'Critical taste' in the Enlightenment / 4. Kant and the New Concept of the Aesthetic / 5. The Rise of Gastronomy: The Cooking, Presentation, and Consuming of Food / 6. Expressionism: 19 th century Debates About the Aesthetic Nature of Food / 7. Modernism and Medium Specificity: Could There Be a Naturalist Aesthetics of Food? / 8. The Institutional Theory of Art: Could Some Food be Art? / 9. Post-modernism and the Challenge of Artificial Flavors / 10. The Philosophy of Wine / Bibliography / Index
• Publisher Details: London : Rowman & Littlefield International
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 204 pages)
• Subjects: 641.013; Social Science: Anthropology / General; Gastronomy; Food habits -- History; Food -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783487424; 1783487429; 9781783487431; 1783487437; 9781783487448; 1783487445
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.