Only a promise of happiness : the place of beauty in a world of art
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007
- xi, 186 p. ; [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Only a Promise of Happiness, Alexander Nehamas reclaims beauty from its critics. He seeks to restore its place in art, to reestablish the connections among art, beauty, and desire, and to show that the values of art, independently of their moral worth, are equally crucial to the rest of life.