Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty - Perspectives from Kantian and Contemporary Aesthetics

The conception of disinterested pleasure is not only central to Kant's theory of beauty but also highly influential in contemporary philosophical discourse about beauty. However, it remains unclear, what exactly disinterested pleasure is and what role it plays in experiences of beauty. This volume sheds new light on the conception of disinterested pleasure from the perspectives of both Kant scholarship and contemporary aesthetics. In the first part, the focus is on Kant's theory of beauty as grounded on the conception of disinterested pleasure. In the second part, disinterested pleasure is investigated in the light of contemporary debates on beauty. The volume clarifies the meaning, role, and implications of one of the most influential conceptions in traditional as well as contemporary approaches to beauty.

Product details

• Assisted by: Larissa Berger (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9783112213780
• ISBN: 978-3-11-221378-0
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 17 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 434 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries; Kant, Immanuel, auseinandersetzen, Antirealismus, PHI046000 PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, Ästhetischer Realismus, Disinterested pleasure, philosophy of beauty, aesthetic realism and anti-realism, Kant's aeshtetics