Filosofi: æstetik

It may be asked whether the present book is of theological nature. The very fact that the problem of God's Beauty will be discussed indicates a Christian standpoint. The onus and scope of this book is focused upon the human experience of beauty, thereby trying to build on the reflections of this experience. The idea of God's Beauty will reinforce the assumption that beauty is of an objective nature and that it exists autonomously, whether it is perceived by human beings or not. It can be objected, of course, that such an ideal of beauty does not coincide with the Christian conception of God, and that both are entirely separate entities. This question will not be answered here because our goal is not to prove the reality of God or to define His essence. Our sole burden and task is to examine the relation between beauty and good, and then to point to some possible connections between beauty and the Christian conceptualization of God. Hence, our approach will be mainly philosophical. However, it will refer to some theological arguments and will refer to specific passages from the Holy Bible. Moreover, finally, the book will not deal exhaustively with all dimensions of art. It will not analyze the historical development of art. Our topic is beauty as seen from a philosophical standpoint, with some references to theology. Beauty is well-represented in art. However, an in-depth analysis of beauty in art is not needed here. Let us leave this for art experts.

The Beatles and the Beatlesque address a paradox emanating from The Beatles¿ music through a cross-disciplinary hybrid of reflections, drawing from both, musical practice itself and academic research. Indeed, despite their extreme stylistic variety, The Beatles¿ songs seem to always bear a distinctive identity that emerges even more in similar works by other artists, whether they are merely inspired, derivative or explicitly paying homage. The authors, a musicologist and music producer, emphasize the importance of record production in The Beatles' music in a way that does justice not only to the final artifacts (the released songs) but also to the creative process itself (i.e., the songs "in the making").Through an investigation into the work of George Martin and his team, as well as The Beatles themselves, this text sheds light on the role of the studio in shaping the group's eclectic but unique sound. The chapters address what makes a song ¿Beatlesque¿, towhat extent production choices are responsible for developing a style, production being understood not as a mere set of technicalities, but also in a more conceptual way, as well as the aesthetics, semiotics and philosophy that animated studio activity. The outcome is a book that will appeal to both students and researchers, as well as, of course, musicophiles of all kinds.

"A philosophical exploration of the value of aesthetics in loss and grieving. Loss and grief are destabilizing forces. As a bereaved person grapples with the reality that their loved one is gone and feels only shakily connected to the surrounding world, the tangibility of sensory objects can be grounding. In Aesthetics of Grief and Mourning, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins highlights the role of aesthetics in the grieving process, offering a guide for how being attuned to aesthetics can aid those experiencing loss. While some activities associated with loss-such as participation in funerals-are culturally scripted, many others are relatively everyday, including attending to sensory objects, telling stories, reflecting on artworks, experiencing music, and engaging in creative projects. Higgins shows how attending to these aesthetic practices helps those who have experienced loss, and she also sheds light on the importance of aesthetic engagement with the world for individual and community flourishing"--

This book is a collection of 15 essays on important themes in Wittgenstein's philosophy, such as linguistic normativity, the concepts of understanding, reasons, and knowledge, questions of value in aesthetics, ethics, and religion.

In diesem Buch umreißt der Verfasser sehr konzentriert die Grundlinien einer theoretisch-systematischen Ästhetik, die größtenteils auf Hegels Auffassung der Kunst als der sinnlichen Manifestation der absoluten Idee und auf ihrer Selbstentfaltung als ästhetischem ¿Ideal¿ im System der Kunstformen und -arten basiert. Der Grund dafür ist, dass das reife System der Philosophie Hegels plausibel als der Gipfel der ganzen Entwicklung der neuzeitlichen Philosophie und insbesondere des Deutschen Idealismus betrachtet werden kann. Ihre substanzielle Wahrheit und vernünftige Haltbarkeit schließt aber nicht aus, dass bei Hegels Theorie der romantischen Kunstform einige Antinomien, welche schon dem Scharfsinn Friedrich Theodor Vischers nicht entgangen waren, auftreten, die der Verfasser durch eine originelle kritische Auslegung von Richard Wagners Auffassung des ¿Gesamtkunstwerkes¿ zu lösen versucht.

In modern society, can people viably be generalists, who translate information, methods, and techniques from external disciplines to improve their own? This thesis considers arguments from writers in the tradition of social theory like Smith, Hegel, and Durkheim, which claim that professional specialisation is an inherent feature of modern society because of its productivity and its role in socially integrating and developing the personality of individuals. This makes generalist positions appear unviable. Against this, the thesis highlights several issues with specialisation and the arguments supporting it, most notably overspecialisation, which presents specialisation as sometimes harmful to the factors it supposedly benefits, such as productivity, personality, and social integration. A taxonomy of different modes of work is then presented, to analyse potential alternative ways for work to function in modern society. This leads to the presentation of a model of generalism which translates methods and knowledge from one specialisation into another. It is compared to other modes of work and its benefits are highlighted. The thesis concludes with recommendations for how to make this kind of generalism useful within modern society and broaches the normative implications of doing so

This book offers intriguing philosophical inquiries into biotechnological art and the life sciences, addressing their convergences as well as their epistemic and functional divergences. Rooted on a thorough understanding of the history of philosophy, this work builds on critical and ontological thought to interpret the concept of life that underscores first-hand dealings with matter and experimentation. The book breaks new ground on the issue of animality and delivers fresh posthumanist perspectives on the topics addressed. The authors embark on a deep ontological probe of the concept of medium as communication-bridging and life-bearing. They also take on the concept of performativity as biotechnological art.The book includes concrete, well-documented case studies and shows how certain narratives and practices directly impact ideas surrounding science and technologies. It will interest philosophers in art and technology, aesthetics, ontology, and the life sciences. It will also engage art practitioners in art and science, curators and researchers.

This book features writing by 17 authors from Germany and from African and Latin American countries on highly diverse aesthetic phenomena as seen from their own different points of view. The texts in this volume all deal with the imperative of ¿decolonization¿: they try to highlight aesthetic strategies for the (re)discovery of unthematized, misappropriated, transcultural and even transcontinental histories and memories and aesthetic practices that are absent from or too little perceived within national consciousnesses. Novels, poems and musical performances from the East African region are analysed as intertwined histories of the Indian Ocean and its different languages. Artworks of the Black Atlantic and perceptions of Africa are discussed from, for example, Brazilian perspectives. Within the German context, decolonisation strategies in exhibition practices in ethnological or art museums developed by Nigerian artists are evaluated; new terms such as ¿dividuation¿ are proposed to describe these contemporary composite-cultural entanglements, and so on. A stimulating, wide-ranging and heterogeneous portrait of contemporary interwoven world cultures!

Mimesis, Expression, Construction brings Fredric Jameson's famous Duke University seminar on Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory into print for the first time.Transcribed and edited from audio recordings taken by Octavian Esanu of the original seminar at Duke University in 2003, Mimesis, Expression, Construction reproduces Jameson and his students' engagement with Aesthetic Theory, one of the most influential theories of modernist aesthetics.The first and only published record of Jameson's teaching and pedagogic style, the seminar delves into modern and modernist aesthetics through the perspectives of Kant, Hegel, Freud, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche; Benjamin and other members of the Frankfurt School; the literary works of Thomas Mann and Samuel Beckett; the music of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg; the films of Chaplin, Vertov and Eisenstein; the aesthetic implications of psychoanalysis and biblical exegesis; classical music; and more.Presented in the format of a play, with stage setting, student interruptions and exchanges, interjections, auditory noises, and ambient sounds, and complemented with scans of students' notes, Mimesis, Expression, Construction is a groundbreaking addition to the work of one of the greatest modern cultural critics.

Are you yearning for deep joy and the gift of serenity and contentment? Look no further than STOICISM, a philosophy that offers practical self-discipline and mindfulness to enrich your life.If you seek inspiration from the Stoic way of life, as well as wisdom from history's greatest leaders, thinkers, and innovators, then keep reading.Dating back 2,300 years to ancient Athens, Stoicism has transformed countless lives. This philosophy empowers individuals to achieve happiness and endure hardships with unwavering strength.One of its most renowned philosophers, Epictetus, emerged from slavery and conquered adversity through Stoicism. His teachings, as effective today as in his time, impart valuable lessons on transforming obstacles into triumphs. In Stoic philosophy, every obstacle becomes an opportunity.Though forgotten for centuries, Stoicism has experienced a resurgence, attracting Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs, NFL players, business leaders, politicians, and military personnel. Just like the Stoics of old, modern leaders turn to Stoicism to surmount obstacles and cultivate an unshakable mindset of strength and determination.Even if you've never encountered Stoicism or delved into ancient philosophy, this guide is your gateway. Filled with practical examples and straightforward tips, it provides a clear path to personal growth.Are you ready to take control of your emotions and unlock the secret behind the success of history's most revered leaders? Get your copy now!

A self love guide for the new generation influenced by the Japanese philosophy of self love—told in Show Nemoto’s inspiring and down to earth style. This loving guide empowers your authentic self to stop not feeling good enough and to live with confidence & spiritual freedom.

This book investigates how we are involved in politically informed structures and how they appear to us. Following different approaches in contemporary aesthetics and cultural philosophy, such as everyday aesthetics, atmosphere and aestheticization, the contributions explore how embedded powers in politics, education, democracy, and landscape are analyzed through aesthetics.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.As a former world-ranked swimmer whose journey toward naturalization and U.S. citizenship began with a swimming fellowship, Piotr Florczyk reflects on his own adventures in swimming pools while taking a closer look at artists, architects, writers, and others who have helped to cement the swimming pool's prominent and iconic role in our society and culture.Swimming Pool explores the pool as a place where humans seek to attain the unique union between mind and body.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Ästhetische Akte und Artefakte sind durch ihre Materialien ebenso grundlegend bedingt wie durch die medialen Prozesse, in die sie eingebunden sind. Ausgehend von dieser Prämisse widmen sich die im Band versammelten Beiträge aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive einerseits den Eigenlogiken, Semantiken und Widerständigkeiten des Materials. Andererseits arbeiten sie mit der Medialität die ästhetisch zentrale Spannung zwischen künstlerischer Gestaltung und gesellschaftlich orientierten Vermittlungsfunktionen heraus. Dabei rücken die Materialität medialer Prozesse, die Vermitteltheit von Materialbezügen sowie Intermaterialität und Intermedialität als produktive Grenzüberschreitungen in den Fokus.

"All The Living Things" pairs words and images in an exploration of associative meanings addressing art, philosophy, nature, physics and spirituality. Available in both hardcover and paperback. 60 pages, 24 illustrations.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Every culture, every religion, every era has enshrined otherwise regular objects with a significance which stretches beyond their literal importance. Whether the bone of a Catholic martyr, the tooth of a Buddhist lama, or the cloak of a Sufi saint, relics are material conduits to the immaterial world. Yet relics aren't just a feature of religion. The exact same sense of the transcendent animates objects of political, historical, and cultural significance.From Abraham Lincoln's death mask to Vladimir Lenin's embalmed corpse, Emily Dickinson's envelopes to Jimi Hendrix's guitar pick, relics are the objects which the faithful understand as being more than just objects. Material things of sacred importance, relics are indicative of a culture's deepest values. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

This book presents essays that address fundamental issues in social and cultural theory by viewing them through the lens of aesthetic theory. Drawing on the aesthetic theories of Theodor W. Adorno, Gregory Bateson, Jean-Marie Guyau, Talcott Parsons and Georg Simmel, it suggests a new take on basic sociological concepts and methodologies. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, including the sensuality of social action, social construction of unreality, and The Rolling Stones' enduring success as a reflection of our society and culture. The book's title Sociology in a New Key refers to a classic work by Susanne K. Langer, whose Philosophy in a New Key argued for a reorientation of modern philosophical thought based on a thorough account of symbolism in general and of the arts in particular. In this way, the basic ideas and assumptions of the philosophical tradition are transposed to new understandings and perspectives. After all, it was Georg Simmel himself who claimed to have gained several of his general theoretical insights "e;via the detour of reflections on the essence of art."e; The book will appeal to scholars and students of the sociology of the arts and music, and to anyone interested in the intersection of social theory and aesthetics.

En skralde er et instrument, der med sin larmende, knækkende lyd minder os om klimakrisens alvor. Her hober ægte skrald og affald sig op som de samfundsmæssige processers spildprodukter. De rige lande kan måske eksportere skrald og affald, men det fortrængte materiale vender snart tilbage, også som kulturelle tegn. Affald bliver til skrald, der larmer.Skrald. Klimakrisens modbilleder udforsker affaldets historier. I litteratur, kunst og medier dannes modbilleder, der skubber til vores virkelighedsforståelse. Kunst og æstetisk tænkning kan nære både civilisationskritik og håb om forandring. Denne kompleksitet folder sig ud, når bogens forfattere analyserer film, videoer og romaner. Med ét giver en skræmmende losseplads i Afrika, plastikaffald i havene, skralder-figuren i fransk kunst og postkoloniale fortællinger grundlag for at se affaldsproblemer som kulturens fortrængte rester.

As the spread of knowledge and even theory becomes an increasingly audiovisual affair, how can philosophy adapt in ways that develop - rather than dilute - philosophical rigour and specificity? How can philosophy harness the potential of audiovisual media - being more formally multidimensional than text-only - to conceptualise with greater precision and depth? Nilsson presents a theory of formal development of philosophy in this regard: a theory of cinecepts. While spanning film, media, art and critical theories, as well as philosophy, this study proceeds mainly through a close reimagination of Gilles Deleuze's work, which allows for a merging of what he kept separated: filmic thinking and philosophical conceptualisation. Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville's underexplored 1970s Sonimage works are also extensively examined, along with critical considerations of a contemporary era of academic video essays and phenomena like philosophy channels on YouTube. Jakob A. Nilsson is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Örebro University.

[headline]A reading of Blanchot's idea of the disaster in relation to contemporary fiction of the United Kingdom and Ireland Blanchot, Ecology and Contemporary Fiction: The Thought of the Disaster delves into Maurice Blanchot's enigmatic, and deeply influential, notion of the disaster - a term Blanchot famously refuses to define. By exploring the novels of Jon McGregor, Mike McCormack, David Mitchell, Jeanette Winterson and Maggie Gee, Jonathan Boulter suggests that we can think of literature, the space of the imagination, as the place where some conception (ethical, ecological, or ontological) of the disaster emerges. These novels, all in some ways about the disaster, just as they are inflected by the disaster, become the place where an understanding of critical events - death, ecological catastrophe, pandemics - is possible. [bio]Jonathan Boulter is Professor of English at Western University, London, Canada. His previous publications include Posthuman Space in Samuel Beckett's Short Prose (2019), Parables of the Posthuman: Digital Realities, Gaming, and the Player Experience (2015), Melancholy and the Archive: Trauma, History and Memory in the Contemporary Novel (2011), Samuel Beckett: A Guide for the Perplexed (2008), and Interpreting Narrative in the Novels of Samuel Beckett (2001).

Dismembering and remembering the sensual and spiritual body of Lady Justice in this wholly novel interpretation of the optical allegory of Iustitia. Lady Justice: An Anatomy of Allegory leaves conventional readings of this pivotal figure in European legal history far behind. Hayaert's study brings together an analysis of thousands of images from the period 1400 - 1600, many of them previously overlooked, including artwork, frontispieces, legal texts, sculptures and statues in public spaces and in court buildings scattered across six countries. Lady Justice is taken apart and considered afresh - organ by organ, limb by limb, digit by digit, making a case for a treatment of allegory in all its complexity, ambiguity and affective force. This unique interdisciplinary study exceeds the iconographic orthodoxy of art historians and the reductive interpretations of legal historians alike. Setting aside styles and schools, ranging widely across time and space, Hayaert identifies Lady Justice as the seat of law's conscience, an archetype of the judge's daimon, and an affective, numinous address to all who, over the course of seven centuries, have found themselves moved by her redolent and inextinguishable presence. Valérie Hayaert is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie EUTOPIA-SIF COFUND Fellow at the University of Warwick, Criminal Justice Centre.

A complete edition with full scholarly apparatus and commentaries, tracing Hemsterhuis' remarkable influence on the French Enlightenment, German Idealism and German Romanticism The first ever English translation of François Hemsterhuis' philosophically ambitious and illuminating fragments, notes and correspondence, making accessible to Anglophone readers some of the most significant texts, for a genuine understanding of his philosophy. This final volume in The Edinburgh Edition of the Complete Philosophical Works of François Hemsterhuis includes the Letter on Atheism, the Letter on Fatalism and the Letter on Optics--all penned as part of his remarkable correspondence with Amalie Gallitzin--as well as the unpublished dialogue, Alexis II. Also included is Hemsterhuis' philosophical responses to Plato, Spinoza and Diderot, to contemporary political events in the Dutch Republic and to the French Revolution. Jacob van Sluis is a former subject librarian at the University Library of Groningen. Daniel Whistler is Professor of Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London.

The Intensive-Image in Deleuze's Film-Philosophy takes an important category from Deleuze's philosophy--the notion of intensity--and explores its background in the context of philosophical ideas about cinematic intensity, the philosophy of difference, and thermodynamics. Escobar argues that the notion of intensity has the potential to change the way in which we think about Deleuze¿s classification of films as signifying two separate periods, the classical period of the movement-image and the modern period of the time-image, by bringing them together and overcoming the separation that Deleuze's film taxonomy creates. This book also discusses ways in which the intensive-image varies and differentiates itself from other images and the role it plays in contemporary cinema. Cristóbal Escobar is a Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne, Film Programmer at FIDOCS and Co-Founder of the Screening Ideas program.

The first revised English translation of Gombrich: una teoría del arte, by Joaquín Lorda, originally published in 1991 Joaquín Lorda was considered to be one of Gombrich's best students and the person who most fully understood and advanced Gombrich's ideas. This book presents an extensive, expansive and holistic analysis of Gombrich's thought. Built on four paradigms or key ideas that Lorda highlights: - Science, Joke, Play and Rhetoric, - it sheds new light on Gombrich as a thinker, turning his ideas into a workable theory of art that can be used as an instrument to examine both the history of world art and architecture and its current practice. Joaquín Lorda (1955-2016) was Professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Navarre, Spain.

This book outlines how the protagonists in The Nibelung's Ring, The Lord of the Rings, and Game of Thrones attempt to construct identities and expand their consciousness manifestations. As the characters in the three works face the ends of their respective worlds, they must find answers to their mortality, and to the threat it implies: the loss of identity and consciousness. Moreover, it details how this process is depicted performatively. In a hands-on and interdisciplinary approach, this book seeks to unveil the underlying philosophical concepts of identity and consciousness in the three works as they are represented audio-visually on stage and screen. Through the use of many practical examples, this book offers both academic scholars and any interested readers a completely new perspective on three enduringly popular and interrelated works.

Die Theorie des Bewusstseins ist Desiderat marxistischen Denkens. Trotz Ausarbeitungen in einzelnen Feldern liegt eine entwickelte Theorie des menschlich-gesellschaftlichen Bewusstseins, die dieses als Konkretum ¿ Einheit von Tätigkeit und Vergegenständlichung ¿ im Detail wie im Ganzen erfasst, in diesem Denken nicht vor. Ziel dieser Studie ist es, diesen Mangel ein Stück weit abzubauen. Bewusstsein in der hier vertretenen Auffassung ist Teil des geschichtlichen Ensembles gesellschaftlicher Verhältnisse. Seine Genesis liegt in der gegenständlichen Tätigkeit des Menschen. Es ist unmittelbar als Sprache gegeben, lebenspraktisch präsent als Bewusstsein des Alltags, konstitutiver Bestandteil menschlicher Arbeit. Es existiert in Gestalt eines welterschließenden elementaren Logos, der Bedingung menschlicher Reproduktion wie kultureller Weltbildung ist, als Erkennen, Wissen, Verstehen, in den Grundformen symbolischen und begrifflichen Denkens, den historischen Typen der Rationalität, den objektiven Formen von Religion, Mythos, Kunst, Wissenschaft und Philosophie. Als soziales Verhältnis und institutionelle Realität hat es den Charakter