Aesthetics Beyond Philosophy: Exploring Berleant’s Concept of Engagement Editorial Introduction Bogna J. Gladden-Obidzińska As this volume’s authors explore, in depth, from many different angles, Arnold Berleant’s contribution to the field of aesthetics can be understood as twofold. First, through the prolific books and essays that he has published over the course of several decades, […]
Category: Special Volume 9 (2021)
Aesthetic Engagement and Sensibility: Reflections on Arnold Berleant’s Work
A Philosophical Retrospective
A Philosophical Retrospective Arnold Berleant The question of what to contribute to this issue of Sztuka y Filozofia has ironically been made more difficult because of the generosity of its contributors. It would have been challenging, no doubt, and also stimulating to respond to questions, explain away misunderstandings, or develop new explanations of what […]
Disinterestedness, Disdain and the Reception of Berleant’s Major Idea
Disinterestedness, Disdain and the Reception of Berleant’s Major Idea Cheryl Foster Abstract Arnold Berleant’s philosophical theories have proven to be prescient in their identification of an aesthetic interface between human beings and the natural world – the interface he calls “engagement,” a form of participatory aesthetics. This essay presents the context out of which […]
Arnold Berleant’s Project of Post-Kantian Aesthetics
Arnold Berleant’s Project of Post-Kantian Aesthetics Krystyna Wilkoszewska Abstract Changes in art and culture toward the end of the twentieth century have become a challenge for aesthetics. Arnold Berleant is one of the forerunners of the revising of modern aesthetics, and has been from the very start of his research. He has especially examined […]
Arnold Berleant’s Environmental Aesthetics and Chinese Ecological Aesthetics
Arnold Berleant’s Environmental Aesthetics and Chinese Ecological Aesthetics Cheng Xiangzhan Abstract Professor Arnold Berleant has visited China academically several times since the early 1990s, becoming more and more popular in Chinese academia. Almost all of his books have been translated into Chinese, which produced a significant impact on Chinese scholars, especially on the development […]
Berleant’s Opening
Berleant’s Opening Crispin Sartwell Abstract Throughout modernity, aesthetics had been marked by a significant narrowing of its subject matter, the early peak of this trend being Kantian aesthetics of disinterestedness and modernist formalism based on distance. Arnold Berleant’s mission in aesthetics has been to re-open its domain towards all elements of every-day life, including consumer […]
The Role of Aesthetics in World-Making
The Role of Aesthetics in World-Making Yuriko Saito Abstract Arnold Berleant’s oeuvre spanning five decades is devoted to restoring aesthetics’ connection to the rest of our lives. In this paper, I shall join him by highlighting the crucial role aesthetics plays in shaping our lives and the world by interacting with objects, environments, and […]
Berleant’s Phenomenology of Sculptural Space: Brâncuşi
Berleant’s Phenomenology of Sculptural Space: Brâncuşi Alicja Kuczyńska Abstract The distinction between reason and senses, until recently maintained in philosophy, has now grown to cause serious doubts. The situation requires creating new forms of cognitive continuity revealed in various levels of emotional experience. Constantin Brâncuşi’s art is analyzed as an example of transgression of […]
Sculpture and its Meaning in the Context of Berleant’s Aesthetic Engagement
Sculpture and its Meaning in the Context of Berleant’s Aesthetic Engagement Anna Wolińska Abstract It is not my intention to provide a comprehensive analysis of Berleant’s notion of aesthetic engagement. My goal is modest. I hope to account for the key significance of the philosophical problematization of sculpture, in the context of engaged aesthetics. […]
The “Body in Motion” as the Substance of Dance Improvisation? Based on Motifs from Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception
The “Body in Motion” as the Substance of Dance Improvisation? Based on Motifs from Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception Lilianna Bieszczad Abstract In the beginning of my academic career, it was my personal experience of dance practice that provided a direct impulse for studying the phenomenon of dance as art from a philosophical perspective. […]
Visual Interlude I
Negative Aesthetics In Art, Environment, And Everyday Life: Arnold Berleant’s Theory And The Novels Of Kirino Natsuo
Negative Aesthetics In Art, Environment, And Everyday Life: Arnold Berleant’s Theory And The Novels Of Kirino Natsuo Mara Miller Abstract Arnold Berleant’s valuable analysis of ‘negative aesthetics’ in his 2010 book Sensibility and Sense: The Aesthetic Transformation of the Human World provides an analytic framework not only for general investigation of negative aesthetics but […]
Visual Interlude II
Reflections
Reflections Arnold Berleant It is gratifying to see this special issue of the Polish journal Sztuka y Filozofia, originally published in Polish in 2010, now accessible in an English translation. Along with Polish editions of several of my books, it demonstrated close attention to my work, an interest of which I had not been […]