A New Cultural Theory of Aesthetics: Genes, Memes, Symbols, and Simulacra - Hardcoverby Roberto Terrosi (Author) This book develops a theory of aesthetics that criticizes scientific and philosophical reductionism that denies the importance of culture in art and taste, but its theory accepts some fundamental aspects of Neo Darwinist theory of culture by addressing points of convergence among the notions of meme, simulacrum, and symbol. Author Biography Roberto Terrosi is full time lecturer in Italian language and Italian studies at