Distracted Aesthetics: Towards a Hermeneutics of Engagement with Distractive Works of Art

Western aesthetics has privileged contemplation as a necessary condition for authentic aesthetic experience. In contrast, I argue that the adequacy of aesthetic comportment must be measured by the self-presentation of the object in question, shaped by the place from which such presentations issue. T...

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Main Author: Justin L. Harmon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Warsaw 2023-09-01
Series:Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
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Online Access:https://eidos.uw.edu.pl/distracted-aesthetics/

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