Bioaesthetics is an ambitious work that intends to be a critique of what the author calls ‘biologism’, namely, ‘ the effort to understand all aspects of human culture, including art and politics in biological terms as part of our evolutionary heritage’ (p.1). As the detailed and accurate critique of all the approaches considered under the biologism umbrella unfolds, Strathausen also aims at defining what bioaesthetics is, and which is its position regarding other related theories.

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