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Social aesthetics and moral judgment : pleasure, reflection and accountability / edited by Jennifer A. McMahon.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics.
- Art--Philosophy.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 229 pages : illustratrions (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Taylor & Francis, 2018.
- Summary:
- This collection sets forth a new understanding of aesthetic-moral judgment organized around three key concepts: pleasure, reflection and accountability. The overarching theme is that art is not merely a representation or expression like any other, but that it promotes shared moral understanding and helps us engage in meaning-making. This volume offers an alternative to brain-centric and realist approaches to aesthetics. It features original essays from a number of leading philosophers of art, aesthetics, ethics, and perception. Part I analyses the elements of aesthetic experience-pleasure, colour, preference and imagination-with the individual conceived as part of a particular cultural context and network of other minds. Part II explains how it is possible for cultural learning to impact these elements through consensus building, an impulse to objectivity, emotional expression and reflection. Part III converges on the role of dissonance, difference and diversity in promoting cultural understanding and advancement.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138553262
- 1138553263
- OCLC:
- 1032289971
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