Savoring Disgust: The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics

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Carolyn Korsmeyer (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo) Carolyn Korsmeyer

Savoring Disgust

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The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics

Carolyn Korsmeyer (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo), Carolyn Korsmeyer

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Oxford University Press Inc
28 April 2011

Theory of art; Philosophy: aesthetics; Material culture

Disgust is among the strongest of aversions, characterized by involuntary physical recoil and even nausea. Yet paradoxically, disgusting objects can sometimes exert a grisly allure, and this emotion can constitute a positive, appreciative aesthetic response when exploited by works of art -- a phenomenon labelled here ""aesthetic disgust."" While the reactive, visceral quality of disgust contributes to its misleading reputation as a relatively ""primitive"" response mechanism, it is this feature that also gives it a particular aesthetic power when manifest in art. Most treatments of disgust mistakenly interpret it as only an extreme response, thereby neglecting the many subtle ways that it operates aesthetically. This study calls attention to the diversity and depth of its uses, analyzing the emotion in detail and considering the enormous variety of aesthetic forms it can assume in works of art and --unexpectedly-- even in foods. In the process of articulating a positive role for disgust, this book examines the nature of aesthetic apprehension and argues for the distinctive mode of cognition that disgust affords -- an intimate apprehension of physical mortality. Despite some commonalities attached to the meaning of disgust, this emotion assumes many aesthetic forms: it can be funny, profound, witty, ironic, unsettling, sorrowful, or gross. To demonstrate this diversity, several chapters review examples of disgust as it is aroused by art. The book ends by investigating to what extent disgust can be discovered in art that is also considered beautiful.

By: Carolyn Korsmeyer (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy University at Buffalo), Carolyn Korsmeyer
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780199756940
ISBN 10: 0199756945
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 28 April 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1: What Is Disgust? 2: Attractive Aversions 3: Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting 4: Varieties of Aesthetic Disgust 5: The Magnetism of Disgust 6: Hearts 7: The Foul and the Fair Bibliography Index

Carolyn Korsmeyer is Professor of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo. She is the author of numerous works in philosophy, especially aesthetics and philosophy of art, including Making Sense of Taste: Food and Philosophy (1999) and Gender and Aesthetics: An Introduction (2004). She is a past president of the American Society for Aesthetics.