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The geography of taste /

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"Aesthetic preferences and practices vary widely between individuals and between cultures. How should aesthetics proceed if we take this fact of aesthetic diversity, rather than the presumption of aesthetic universality, as our starting point? How should we theorize the cultural origins and cul...

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Other Authors: Lopes, Dominic, Matherne, Samantha, Matthen, Mohan, Nanay, Bence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:Thinking art
Subjects:
Aesthetics.
Culture.
Criticism & Theory.
ART.
PHILOSOPHY.
Aesthetics
Culture
Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of tastes / Mohan Matthen
  • Cultures and values / Dominic McIver Lopes
  • Beyond the either/or in aesthetic life : a new approach to aesthetic universality / Samantha Matherne
  • Everyday aesthetic injustice / Bence Nanay
  • Discussion : the allure of universals and how far we should resist it?