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Poiesis of Care: The Aesthetic-Performative Value of Delicacy

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Poiesis of Care: The Aesthetic-Performative Value of Delicacy María Jesús Godoy Domínguez   Abstract In this paper, the ethics of care is addressed from an aesthetic perspective by analysing the poiesis of care, or care from the performative aspect of its physical execution. To this end, delicacy is understood as a sensitive property of care, […]

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Contemporary Appropriation of Confucian Aesthetics in China: Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping’s Political Discourses on Art and Morality

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Contemporary Appropriation of Confucian Aesthetics in China: Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping’s Political Discourses on Art and Morality Eva Kit Wah Man   Abstract Mao Zedong’s thoughts on art and society delivered at the Yan’an Talks in the 1940s had a significant impact on the Chinese Communist Party’s art policies for decades. In 2014, Xi […]

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Reflections on Cover Songs: Replies to Polite

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Donate to CA The free access to this article was made possible by support from readers like you. Please consider donating any amount to help defray the cost of our operation. Reflections on Cover Songs: Replies to Polite P.D. Magnus   Abstract Brandon Polite poses a number of interesting criticisms of my account of cover […]

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In Praise of Dessert

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Donate to CA The free access to this article was made possible by support from readers like you. Please consider donating any amount to help defray the cost of our operation. In Praise of Dessert Yujia Song Abstract Is there something special about dessert? Is it the sweetness or sumptuousness or something else? This essay […]