A groundbreaking analysis of Alfred North Whitehead’s thinking on aesthetics.
Though philosopher Alfred North Whitehead did not dedicate any books or articles specifically to aesthetics, aesthetic motifs nonetheless permeate his entire body of work. Despite this, aestheticians have devoted little attention to Whitehead. In this book, four scholars of aesthetics provide another angle from which Whiteheadian aesthetics might be reconstructed. Paying special attention to the notion of aesthetic experience, the authors analyze abstraction versus concreteness, immediacy versus mediation, and aesthetic contextualism versus aesthetic isolationism. The concepts of creativity and rhythm are crucial to their interpretation of Whiteheadian aesthetics. Using these concepts, the book interprets the motif of the processes by which experience is harmonized, the sensation of the quality of the whole, and directedness towards novelty.
By:
Ondrej Dadejik,
Martin Kaplicky,
Milos Sevcik,
Vlastimil Zuska
Imprint: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 146mm,
ISBN: 9788024647265
ISBN 10: 8024647265
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 19 November 2021
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 7 I. Whitehead’s Aesthetic Philosophy and Implicit Aesthetics 10 II. Whitehead and Dewey on the Aesthetic Experience and Art: Parallels and Differences 33 III. Whitehead and Bergson: Immediacy, Harmony, Rhythm, and Innovation 92 IV. Aesthetic Experience Reconsidered from a Process Perspective 136 Bibliography 168
Ondrej Dadejik is assistant professor of aesthetics at Charles University and the University of Southern Bohemia. Martin Kaplicky is assistant professor of aesthetics at Charles University and the University of Southern Bohemia. He also teaches at DAMU, the Theatre Faculty of Prague's Academy of Performing Arts. Milos Sevcik is head of the aesthetics department at Charles University. Vlastimil Zuska is professor of phenomenology and aesthetics at Charles University.
