Twenty Years of Contemporary Aesthetics Introduction Yuriko Saito Contemporary Aesthetics was established twenty years ago by Founding Editor, Arnold Berleant. As the first, exclusively online, open-access journal in aesthetics, it provided an academic space for intellectual discourse unencumbered by various restrictions observed by print and subscription-only publications. More importantly, it encouraged and continues […]
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Twenty Years of Contemporary Aesthetics
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 […]