Imperfectionist Aesthetics in Art and Everyday Life
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Imperfectionist Aesthetics in Art and Everyday Life

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Imperfectionist Aesthetics in Art and Everyday Life

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This book presents interdisciplinary research on the aesthetics of perfection and imperfection. Broadening this growing field, it connects the aesthetics of imperfection with issues in areas including philosophy, music, literature, urban environment, architecture, art theory, and cultural studies.

The contributors to this volume argue that imperfection has value in being open and inclusive. The aesthetics of imperfection is typified by organic, unpolished production and the avoidance of perfect finish, instead representing living and natural change, and opposing the consumerist concern with the flawless and pristine. The chapters are divided into seven thematic sections. After the first section, on imperfection across the arts and culture, the next three parts are on imperfection in the arts of music, visual and theatrical arts, and literature. The second half of this book then moves to categories in everyday life and branches this further into body, self, and the person, and urban environments. Together, the chapters promote a positive ethos of imperfection that furthers individual and social engagement and supports creativity over mere passivity.

Imperfectionist Aesthetics in Art and Everyday Life will appeal to a broad range of scholars and advanced students working in philosophical aesthetics, literature, music, urban environment, architecture, art theory, and cultural studies.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
ISBN
9781000829143
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Aesthetics in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. 1 Imperfectionist Aesthetics, Broadening the Field and Clarifying the Definition
  10. Part I Imperfection Across the Arts and Culture
  11. Part II Music
  12. Part III Visual and Theatrical Arts
  13. Part IV Literature
  14. Part V Everyday Life
  15. Part VI Body, Self, and the Person
  16. Part VII Urban Environments
  17. Index