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The Symposium on Arnold Berleant’s Works
This symposium publishes all the contributions presented at the XVIth Summer Conference of the international Institute of Applied Aesthetics held in Lahti, Finland, June 2025. We thank the contributors for preparing their presentation for publication.
Arnold Berleant and the International Institute of Applied Aesthetics: Introduction to the Panel Discussion
– Arto Haapala
Berleant’s Critique of Aesthetic Disinterestedness Revisited, Again
– Harri Mäcklin
Descriptive Aesthetics
– Max Ryynänen
Arnold Berleant’s Engagement with the Aesthetics of Engagement
Fotini Vassiliou and Katerina Bantinaki
Aesthetic Engagement, Descriptive Aesthetics, and the Reformation of Aesthetics: Responses to Mäcklin, Ryynänen, and Vassiliou and Bantinaki
– Arnold Berleant