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Transformative Aesthetics presents a series of fresh perspectives on the discussion of aesthetics, uniting Western theory with that of India, China, Australia, and beyond, and breaking new ground to establish a network of thought that spans theatre, performance, art history, cultural studies, and philosophy.
List of contents
Introduction: Transformative Aesthetics—Reflections on the Metamorphic Power of Art
Erika Fischer-Lichte
1 Aristotle’s theory of Katharsis in its Historical and Social Contexts
Edith Hall
2 The Taste of Art and Transcendence: Transformation(s) in Rasa and Bhakti Aesthetics
Guillermo Rodriguez
3 Metamorphosis in the Picture
Bernhard Waldenfels
4 Somaesthetics and Self-Cultivation in Chinese Art
Richard Shusterman
5 Schiller’s Transformative Aesthetics
Benjamin Wihstutz
6 Clairvoyance and Transformation: Wagner’s Neuroaesthetics
Matthew Wilson Smith
7 The Invisible Vanguard: Reflections on Political Movements and Contemporary AvantGarde Formations
James Harding
8 Applied Theatre: Theatre for Change
Matthias Warstat
9 Transformative Resistance and Aesthetics
Bill Ashcroft
10 The Art of not Relating with one Another—Notes on Some Issues and Potentials of Relational Art
Sandra Umathum
About the author
Erika FISCHER-LICHTE is professor of Theatre Studies at Free University Berlin. She is past president of the International Federation for Theatre Research, and holds the chair of the Institute for Advanced Studies on "Interweaving Cultures in Performance".
Benjamin WIHSTUTZ is assistant professor of Theatre Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, and a research fellow for eight years at the Interdisciplinary Research Center "Aesthetic Experience and the Dissolution of Artistic Limits".
Summary
Transformative Aesthetics presents a series of fresh perspectives on the discussion of aesthetics, uniting Western theory with that of India, China, Australia, and beyond, and breaking new ground to establish a network of thought that spans theatre, performance, art history, cultural studies, and philosophy.
