An Introduction to Contemporary Aesthetics

Art, Community, and Experience
Herausgeber: Malone, Emmie; Scarbrough, Elizabeth

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An Introduction to Contemporary Aesthetics: Art, Community, and Experience gives students and other readers a comprehensive sense of the dynamic issues and problems in aesthetics and philosophy of art today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9781032743486
• ISBN-10: 1032743484
• Artikelnr.: 74437292

Autorenporträt

Emmie Malone is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University, USA. She is the author of an open educational history of philosophy coursebook, Inventing Knowledge: A Global & Historical Introduction to Philosophy (2025). Elizabeth Scarbrough is Associate Teaching Professor at Florida International University, USA. Scarbrough currently serves as a trustee of the American Society for Aesthetics and as the co-chair of their Feminist Caucus Committee.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Foundational Questions 1. Aesthetic Value 2. Defining
Art and Aesthetic Obligations 3. Good and Bad Taste Part II: Key Concepts
4. Interpretation: Is the Author's Intention Relevant to Work
Interpretation? 5. Fiction: Its Nature, Function, and Significance 6.
Authenticity: What is it, Does it Matter, and Why? Part III: Applied
Aesthetics 7. Uncanny Terrain: Mapping the Landscape of Philosophy of
Horror 8. Aesthetic Life in the Digital Age: How Emerging Technologies
Affect Creativity, Consumption, and Community 9. Why Play Games?: The Value
of Videogames 10. Humor as a Tool (and a Weapon) Part IV: The Value of
Aesthetic Life 11. Immoral Art, Immoral Artists, and the Ethical Fan 12.
The Ugly Side of Beauty: Personal Beauty, Oppression, and Style 13. There's
No Place Like Home: A Sense of Place in Everyday Aesthetics 14. Existential
Aesthetics: Self-Understanding in a Messy World