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Social Appearances: A Philosophy of Display and Prestige (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts) by Barbara Carnevali; Zakiya Hanafi is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Social Appearances: A Philosophy of Display and Prestige (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts) about?
In this strikingly original book, Barbara Carnevali offers a philosophical examination of the roles that appearances play in social life. While Western metaphysics and morals have predominantly disdained appearances and expelled them from their domain, Carnevali invites us to look at society, ancient to contemporary, as an aesthetic phenomenon.
Who reads Social Appearances: A Philosophy of Display and Prestige (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Barbara Carnevali; Zakiya Hanafi
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231187077
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Poetry, American Poetry
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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