The intertwining of aesthetics and ethics : exceeding of expectations, ecstasy, sublimity / Jadranka Skorin-Kapov.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Skorin-Kapov, Jadranka, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Ethics.
• Aesthetics.
• Arts and morals.
• Art--Moral and ethical aspects.
• Art.

Physical Description:

xviii, 197 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

The Intertwining of Aesthetics and Ethics: Exceeding of Expectations, Ecstasy, Sublimity analyses the common experiential ground for both aesthetics and ethics by considering experiential environment (both nature and art), the precedents to desire, the notion of experience incorporating a break, and the reverberations of surprise leading to the intertwining of aesthetics and ethics. Jadranka Skorin-Kapov discusses different philosophical positions on the relationship between nature and art in conversation with Kant, Hegel, Goethe, Gadamer, and Adorno, She argues that Kantian sublimity can carry over from nature to art. As part of the discussions of expectations and authenticity, the author interprets Husserl's view on expectations, Heidegger's view on death and authenticity, Blanchot's view on death, and Arendt's view on natality. As for understanding the aesthetic experience as the paradigmatic experience, Skorin-Kapov is influenced by Dewey's work on art as experience, Gadamer's work on experience of art, and Jauss's work on the aesthetics of reception and the horizon of expectations. After our sensibility and representational capability are broken, recuperation then leads to sublimity and the subsequent feelings of admiration and/or responsibility, allowing for the intertwining of aesthetics and ethics. Additionally, elements of Kantian morality, Foucault's ethics, and Kierkegaard's work on interactions between aesthetics and ethics together help to characterize the relation between aesthetics and ethics Since we often encounter surprise due to unexpectedness in comedy, Skorin-Kapov also interprets philosophical views on comedy and laughter (including Aristotle, Kierkegaard, Meredith, and Bergson), using the theatrical work of Dario Fo as an example. The novel analysis in The Intertwining of Aesthetics and Ethics will be of particular interest to students and scholars working or teaching in aesthetics, phenomenology, art history, cultural studies, and ethics. Book jacket.

Contents:

• 1 Nature versus Art and the Aesthetic 23
• 2 Expectations and Authenticity 61
• 3 Experience and Art 95
• 4 The Intertwining of Aesthetics and Ethics 127
• 5 Laughter: A Two-Way Street Between Art and Morality 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Skorin-Kapov, Jadranka, 1955- author. Intertwining of aesthetics and ethics.

ISBN:

• 9781498524568
• 1498524567
• 9781498524582
• 1498524583

OCLC:

935676714