Environmental aesthetics : crossing divides and breaking ground / edited by Martin Drenthen and Jozef Keulartz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drenthen, Martin, 1966- editor of compilation.

Keulartz, Jozef, editor.

Series:

Groundworks (New York, N.Y.)

Groundworks : ecological issues in philosophy and theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment (Aesthetics).

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental aesthetics crosses several commonly recognized divides: between analytic and continental philosophy, Eastern and Western traditions, universalizing and historicizing approaches, and theoretical and practical concerns. This volume sets out to show how these, perspectives can be brought into conversation with one another. The first part surveys the development of the field and discusses some important future directions. The second part explains how widening the scope of environmental aesthetics demands a continual rethinking of the relationship between aesthetics and other fields. How does environmental aesthetics relate to ethics? Does aesthetic appreciation of the environment entail an attitude of respect? What is the relationship between the theory and practice? The third part is devoted to the relationship between the aesthetics of nature and the aesthetics of art. Can art help “save the Earth”? The final part illustrates the emergence of practical applications from theoretical studies by focusing on concrete case studies.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Ten Steps in the Development of Western Environmental Aesthetics

CHAPTER 2. Future Directions for Environmental Aesthetics

CHAPTER 3. On Universalism and Cultural Historicism in Environmental Aesthetics

CHAPTER 4. The Cultural Aesthetics of Environment

CHAPTER 5. Toward an Aesthetics of Respect Kant’s Contribution to Environmental Aesthetics

CHAPTER 6. From Theoretical to Applied Environmental Aesthetics

CHAPTER 7. Environmental Art and Ecological Citizenship

CHAPTER 8. Can Only Art Save Us Now?

CHAPTER 9. Landscapes of the Environmental Imagination

CHAPTER 10. Beauty or Bane

CHAPTER 11. Thinking Like a Mall

CHAPTER 12. Aesthetic Value and Wild Animals

Notes

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8232-5450-X

0-8232-5452-6

0-8232-6091-7

0-8232-5453-4

OCLC:

878130641