Aesthetics After Darwin: The Multiple Origins and Functions of the Arts - Hardcover
Aesthetics After Darwin: The Multiple Origins and Functions of the Arts - Hardcover
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by Winfried Menninghaus (Author)
The book reveals a strong humanist heritage which renders Darwin's theory of song and poetic language far more nuanced and interesting than a monolithic "singing for sex" hypothesis.
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Winfried Menninghaus is Director of the Department of Language and Literature at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Frankfurt) and Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. His empirical, evolutionary, and philosophical work on aesthetics has a special focus on the nature and the emotional effects of poetic language.
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