Performative Beauty
This book develops an original theory of performative beauty by reconsidering and reworking Deweyan pragmatic aesthetics through the lens of somaesthetics, contemporary embodiment theories, and philosophies of play. While philosophical aesthetics has traditionally focused on beauty as a property of...
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| description | This book develops an original theory of performative beauty by reconsidering and reworking Deweyan pragmatic aesthetics through the lens of somaesthetics, contemporary embodiment theories, and philosophies of play. While philosophical aesthetics has traditionally focused on beauty as a property of external objects, this book explores beauty as an enacted experience that emerges through our own actions and somatic practices. The author draws on his own experiences with Argentine tango and other somatic practices to challenge conventional Western epistemological distinctions between subject and object, agency and patiency, and artist and audience. Through an exploration of concepts such as somaesthetic awareness, unity, aesthetic presence, objectivisation, transaction, playfulness, and consummation, the author constructs a comprehensive framework for understanding beauty as a sentient enactment of playful transactions between the human being and their environment. This pragmatist approach responds to our contemporary moment, where beauty is regaining epistemological, existential, political, and economic value across diverse domains of human experience. Performative Beauty is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students interested in philosophical aesthetics, pragmatism, somaesthetics, and performativity studies, as well as practitioners interested in the aesthetic dimensions of dance, yoga, and other somatic practices. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1740262026-03-19T14:38:39Z Performative Beauty Heinrich, Falk Pragmatist aesthetics Performative beauty Somaesthetics Dewey Shusterman Embodiment Aesthetic experience Somatic practices Playfulness Transaction Aesthetic awareness Proprioception Consummation Beauty Enactment thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTN Philosophy: aesthetics thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATQ Dance thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AF The Arts: art forms::AFK Non-graphic and electronic art forms::AFKP Performance art thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHR Western philosophy from c 1800 This book develops an original theory of performative beauty by reconsidering and reworking Deweyan pragmatic aesthetics through the lens of somaesthetics, contemporary embodiment theories, and philosophies of play. While philosophical aesthetics has traditionally focused on beauty as a property of external objects, this book explores beauty as an enacted experience that emerges through our own actions and somatic practices. The author draws on his own experiences with Argentine tango and other somatic practices to challenge conventional Western epistemological distinctions between subject and object, agency and patiency, and artist and audience. Through an exploration of concepts such as somaesthetic awareness, unity, aesthetic presence, objectivisation, transaction, playfulness, and consummation, the author constructs a comprehensive framework for understanding beauty as a sentient enactment of playful transactions between the human being and their environment. This pragmatist approach responds to our contemporary moment, where beauty is regaining epistemological, existential, political, and economic value across diverse domains of human experience. Performative Beauty is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students interested in philosophical aesthetics, pragmatism, somaesthetics, and performativity studies, as well as practitioners interested in the aesthetic dimensions of dance, yoga, and other somatic practices. 2026-03-19T14:38:37Z 2026-03-19T14:38:37Z 2026-03-02T18:21:15Z 2026 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/111134 9781040853634 9781003741947 9781040853726 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174026 eng Routledge Focus on Philosophy open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111134/1/9781040853634.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003741947 10.4324/9781003741947 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040853634 9781003741947 9781040853726 Routledge 112 Oxford open access |
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