Foucault's Aesthetics of Existence and Shusterman's Somaesthetics

Ethics, Politics, and the Art of Living

Valentina Antoniol, Stefano Marino, Valentina Antoniol, Stefano Marino

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781350384828
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Aesthetics in Philosophy

Bringing together Michel Foucault's aesthetics of existence and Richard Shusterman's somaesthetics, this volume provides a critical comparison of two of the most influential philosophical theories of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Introduced by a comprehensive overview of both concepts by editors Stefano Marino and Valentina Antoniol, the ensuing chapters interrogate the affinities and variances between Foucault's and Shusterman's philosophies. Building on the interdisciplinary character of somaesthetics and aesthetics of existence, international scholars explore these ideas through a wide range of topics ranging from care of the self and of the social self to the ethical and political challenges posed by themes as white ignorance, construction of resistances, and production of subjectivities. Given the central role played by the body in both concepts, this volume also affords particular attention to the philosophy of sexuality. Demonstrating the value of reading these two thinkers together through the adoption of radical interpretive perspectives, Foucault's Aesthetics of Existence and Shusterman's Somaesthetics highlights the potentialities and the relevance of Foucault's and Shusterman's theories, even with respect to our actualité.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Introduction. Foucault’s Aesthetics of Existence and Shusterman’s Somaesthetics: Ethics, Politics, and the Art of Living Valentina Antoniol and Stefano Marino
• 1 Aesthetics of Existence: From Foucault to Stirner, via Baudelaire Philippe Sabot
• 2 The Body at the Limits of Subjectivity. For a Philosophy-Performance as Political Aesthetics through the Thought of Michel Foucault Arianna Sforzini
• 3 Pleasure, Scandal, and the Body: Foucault on Somatic Askesis Daniele Lorenzini
• 4 Leib, Körper, and the Body Politic Martin Jay
• 5 Care of the Social Self as Embodied Vincent M. Colapietro
• 6 Somaesthetics and the Philosophical Life Richard Shusterman
• 7 Somaesthetics, Foucauldian Aesthetics of Existence, and Living Ethically as White Chris Voparil
• 8 Aphrodisia, Eros, Charis: Holistic Bodies and the Stylistic of Reciprocity Barbara Formis
• 9 The Body Must Be Defended: Somapower and the Women’s Strike in Poland Leszek Koczanowicz
• Index
• Imprint