Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty : : Perspectives from Kantian and Contemporary Aesthetics / / ed. by Larissa Berger.
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 s...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VI, 282 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- 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 -- Part II Disinterestedness With and Beyond Kant -- (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 |
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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110727685 9783111175782 9783111319292 9783111318912 9783111319223 9783111318646 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110727685 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Larissa Berger. |