Pragmatist Aesthetics: Living Beauty, Rethinking Art

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This much acclaimed book has emerged as neo-pragmatism's most significant contribution to contemporary aesthetics. By articulating a deeply embodied notion of aesthetic experience and the art of living, and by providing a compellingly rigorous defense of popular art―crowned by a pioneer study of hip hop―Richard Shusterman reorients aesthetics towards a fresher, more relevant, and socially progressive agenda. The second edition contains an introduction where Shusterman responds to his critics, and it concludes with an added chapter that formulates his novel notion of somaesthetics. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Introduction to the Second Edition Preface PART I Pragmatism and Traditional Theory 1 Placing Pragmatism 2 Art and Theory between Experience and Practice 3 Organic Unity: Analysis and Deconstruction 4 Pragmatism and Interpretation 5 Beneath Interpretation PART II Rethinking Art 6 Aesthetic Ideology, Aesthetic Education, and Art's value in Critique 7 Form and Funk: The Aesthetic Challenge of Popular Art 8 The Fine Art of Rap 9 Postmodern Ethics and the Art of Living 10 Somaesthetics: A Disciplinary Proposal Notes Index