Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty
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Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty

Perspectives from Kantian and Contemporary Aesthetics

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty

Perspectives from Kantian and Contemporary Aesthetics

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9783110727685
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Aesthetics in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I Disinterestedness in Kant
  5. Disinterestedness by Any Other Name: Kant and Mendelssohn
  6. What Is It Like to Feel Beauty? The Complex Meaning of Kant’s Thesis of Disinterestedness
  7. Disinterestedness: Analysis and Partial Defense
  8. Disinterestedness and Its Role in Kant’s Aesthetics
  9. Making Sense: Disinterestedness and Control
  10. (a) Disinterest Advocates
  11. The Myth of the Absent Self: Disinterest, the Self, and Evaluative Self-Consciousness
  12. Aesthetic Disinterestedness Revisited
  13. (b) Something in Between
  14. The Playful Negotiation of Interests: Kant in Conversation with Fried and Winnicott
  15. Human Beauty, Attraction, and Disinterested Pleasure
  16. (c) Disinterest Critics
  17. Pleasure, Desire, and Beauty
  18. Beyond Hedonism about Aesthetic Value
  19. Author Index
  20. Subject Index