 | The Perils of Uglytown: Studies in Structural Misanthropology from Plato to Rembrandt Subjects: Structural anthropology; Philosophical anthropology; Plato -- Criticism and interpretation; Alienation (Philosophy); Art Renaissance -- Philosophy; The Perils of Uglytown develops a new concept, structural misanthropology, and traces its operation first in the dialogues of Plato and then in the work of humanists, playwrights, and painters of the Renaissance in Italy, England, and the Netherlands. Berger Harry : Harry Berger, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Literature and Art History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His most recent books include Figures of a Changing World: Metaphor and the Emergence of Modern Culture and A Fury in the Words: Love and Embarrassment in Shakespeare's Venice (both Fordham). |
