A01=Roberto Terrosi
aesthetic theory
aesthetics
analytic philosophy
art history
Author_Roberto Terrosi
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cognitive science
continental philosophy
critical theory
cultural Darwinism
cultural theory
Darwinism
Darwinist theory
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evolutionary psychology
Foucault
genealogical critique
Hegelian aesthetics
Italian philosophy
Kant
memes
memetic theory
neo-Darwinism
philosophical aesthetics
philosophy of science
simulacra
social philosophy
social science
trascendentalism
visual culture
visual studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781793626677
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 157 x 237mm
- Publication Date: 06 Dec 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Traditional aesthetics has tried to locate the reasons for aesthetic value in the transcendental subject while neglecting the importance of culture, even though it is obvious that artistic styles vary from culture to culture in both a geographical and historical sense. However, after recognizing importance of a cultural approach, one is faced with the problem of how to do so without dissolving aesthetics into art history or visual culture, the risk faced in both continental and analytic philosophical aesthetics. Scientific theories of aesthetics inspired by evolutionary psychology and cognitive science show promise, but they seek explanations without considering the importance of the cultural variations, offering reductive and superficial interpretations. Science has to consider the role of culture, and the only way to do so is through Neo-Darwinist theories of culture, like the memetic theory. In A New Cultural Theory of Aesthetics: Genes, Memes, Symbols, and Simulacra, Roberto Terrosi combines cultural research in the continental sphere with Neo-Darwinist theories to arrive at a new approach to aesthetics that is as sensitive to the problems posed by critical theory as it is to those posed by scientific research.
Roberto Terrosi is full time lecturer in Italian language and Italian studies at Ritsumeikan University.
