Abstract

We are more than a full decade into the new millennium and, inevitably, the world has become smaller, more complex, and immanent. Post 9/11, we live daily with the "war" on terror. An image of a veiled woman is fraught with political overtones, yet stunning in its starkness, simplicity, and evocation of beauty that is innocent and long gone. . . . The essays of Beauty Unlimited position readers in the twenty-first century by pointing them forward and forcing them into the future, toward a more extensive and far-flung understanding of beauty. . . . New images of beauty presented by authors in this volume embed layers of meaning that invite us to review past philosophical and aesthetic theories through broader cognitive and global perspectives. . . . The authors presented here serve as guides for scholarly adventures into new terrain, i.e., for beauty unlimited.