Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty : Perspectives from Kantian and Contemporary Aesthetics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, Larissa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics, Modern--21st century.

Aesthetics, Modern.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--Aesthetics.

Kant, Immanuel.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Summary:

The conception of disinterested pleasure is not only central to Kant’s theory of beauty but also highly influential in contemporary philosophical discourse about beauty. However, it remains unclear, what exactly disinterested pleasure is and what role it plays in experiences of beauty. This volume sheds new light on the conception of disinterested pleasure from the perspectives of both Kant scholarship and contemporary aesthetics. In the first part, the focus is on Kant’s theory of beauty as grounded on the conception of disinterested pleasure. In the second part, disinterested pleasure is investigated in the light of contemporary debates on beauty. The volume clarifies the meaning, role, and implications of one of the most influential conceptions in traditional as well as contemporary approaches to beauty.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I Disinterestedness in Kant

Disinterestedness by Any Other Name: Kant and Mendelssohn

What Is It Like to Feel Beauty? The Complex Meaning of Kant's Thesis of Disinterestedness

Disinterestedness: Analysis and Partial Defense

Disinterestedness and Its Role in Kant's Aesthetics

Making Sense: Disinterestedness and Control

(a) Disinterest Advocates

The Myth of the Absent Self: Disinterest, the Self, and Evaluative Self-Consciousness

Aesthetic Disinterestedness Revisited

(b) Something in Between

The Playful Negotiation of Interests: Kant in Conversation with Fried and Winnicott

Human Beauty, Attraction, and Disinterested Pleasure

(c) Disinterest Critics

Pleasure, Desire, and Beauty

Beyond Hedonism about Aesthetic Value

Author Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Berger, Larissa Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty

ISBN:

9783110727685

3110727684

OCLC:

1390918017