In The Sublime in Modern Philosophy: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Nature, Emily Brady takes a fresh look at the sublime and shows why it endures as a meaningful concept in contemporary philosophy. In a reassessment of historical approaches, the first part of the book identifies the scope and value of the[...]
A new statement of how "beauty" in nature is understood and appreciated. Aesthetic experience is one of the fundamental ways that we develop a relationship to our natural surroundings. Emily Brady provides a comprehensive study of this type of experience and the central philosophical issues related [...]
In the vein of Susan Orlean's "The Orchid Thief "and""Deborah Feldman's "Unorthodox, "journalist Emily Brady journeys into a secretive subculture--one that marijuana built.
Humboldt: "Life on America's Marijuana Frontier"
Say the words "Humboldt County" to a stranger and you might receive a [...]
The concept of cultural landscape was first put to use by the German geographer Friedrich Ratzel in 1895. The American geographer Carl Sauer was probably the first to use the concept in the English language in 1925. In recent years, the concept of cultural landscape has become significant in social [...]