Pragmatist Aesthetics
Living Beauty, Rethinking Art
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics
| Author: | Richard Shusterman, Author of Surface and Depth: Dialectics of Criticism and Culture | ISBN: | 9781461641179 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | February 22, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard Shusterman, Author of Surface and Depth: Dialectics of Criticism and Culture |
| ISBN: | 9781461641179 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | February 22, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
This much acclaimed book has emerged as neo-pragmatism's most significant contribution to contemporary aesthetics. By articulating a deeply embodied notion of aesthetic experience and the art of living, and by providing a compellingly rigorous defense of popular art—crowned by a pioneer study of hip hop—Richard Shusterman reorients aesthetics towards a fresher, more relevant, and socially progressive agenda. The second edition contains an introduction where Shusterman responds to his critics, and it concludes with an added chapter that formulates his novel notion of somaesthetics.
This much acclaimed book has emerged as neo-pragmatism's most significant contribution to contemporary aesthetics. By articulating a deeply embodied notion of aesthetic experience and the art of living, and by providing a compellingly rigorous defense of popular art—crowned by a pioneer study of hip hop—Richard Shusterman reorients aesthetics towards a fresher, more relevant, and socially progressive agenda. The second edition contains an introduction where Shusterman responds to his critics, and it concludes with an added chapter that formulates his novel notion of somaesthetics.
