Aesthetics : a very short introduction

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Acknowledgements Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account List of illustrations Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account p. 11. Lost in the museum Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account Non-elitist aesthetics Aesthetics or philosophy of art? Non-‘Western’ aesthetics p. 72. Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account Beauty? Pleasure? Emotions? For its own sake? Attention? p. 223. Experience and attention Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account The difference attention makes The focus of attention Ways of attending The freedom of perception Aesthetic attention p. 434. Aesthetics and the self Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account Changing self, changing aesthetics Experience versus judgement Aesthetic experiences of our youth The primacy of experience Why judgements? Going global p. 565. Aesthetics and the other Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account Aesthetic agreements and disagreements Aesthetics is not for policing Aesthetic disagreements in real life Aesthetic agreements in real life Aesthetic humility p. 726. Aesthetics and life Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account Life as a work of art? Spectators of our own life? How not to be jaded Sweet, and not so sweet, expectations Seeing afresh The lingering effect p. 867. Global aesthetics Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account The geography of vision A global vocabulary Even more lost in the museum Aesthetic humility again References Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account Chapter 1: Lost in the museum Chapter 2: Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll Chapter 3: Experience and attention Chapter 4: Aesthetics and the self Chapter 5: Aesthetics and the other Chapter 6: Aesthetics and life Chapter 7: Global aesthetics Further reading Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account Non-‘Western’ aesthetics Aesthetics and art history/anthropology Feminist and postcolonial aesthetics Classic Anglo-American aesthetics Contemporary Anglo-American aesthetics Index Bence Nanay Sign in to an additional subscriber account A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W X Y