Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Title
Contemporary Pragmatism
Volume
12
Issue Number
1
First Page
79
Last Page
99
DOI
10.1163/18758185-01201005
Keywords
somaesthetics, Richard Shusterman, Thomas Leddy, everyday aesthetics, Thinking Through the Body
Disciplines
Aesthetics | Philosophy
Abstract
How does Richard Shusterman’s Thinking Through the Bodyapply to the issues of everyday aesthetics? As it turns out, many chapters contribute significantly to everyday aesthetics, in particular the work on architecture, self-styling, the body as background, lovemaking, and the process of making a photographic portrait. Shusterman’s concentration on the art of living has special importance to everyday aesthetics. Current debates within the field of everyday aesthetics also raise problems for somaesthetics. I also question the limits of somaesthetics and Shusterman’s rejection of defamiliarization in making the ordinary extraordinary.
Recommended Citation
Tom Leddy. "Shusterman’s Thinking Through the Body and Everyday Aesthetics" Contemporary Pragmatism (2015): 79-99. https://doi.org/10.1163/18758185-01201005
Comments
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