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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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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