Beauty in context : toward an anthropological approach to aesthetics /

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Author / Creator:Van Damme, Wilfried.
Imprint:Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1996.
Description:xv, 400 p.
Language:English
Series:Philosophy of history and culture, 0922-6001 ; v. 17
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2534548
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ISBN:9004106081 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction: Anthropology and Aesthetics. Outline of an Anthropological Approach. Aesthetics and the Impediments to its Study in Anthropology. A Survey of Empirical Studies in Non-Western Aesthetics
  • II. The Concept of Aesthetics in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Aesthetics Defined in the Anthropological Literature. The Aesthetic Realm. Towards a Multisensorial Approach
  • III. Universalism in Aesthetics. The Universalistic Position in Aesthetics. Experimental Psychology and Transcultural Agreement in Aesthetics Preference. Pluriculturally Applied Aesthetic Criteria. Possible Sources of Pluriculturally Applied Aesthetic Criteria
  • IV. Relativism in Aesthetics. The Relativistic Position in Aesthetics. Robbins on Beauty and Built Environment. Newcomer on Beauty and Wealth
  • V. Aesthetic Preference and Empirical Research: Epistemology. Aesthetic Preference and Verbalizability. Formalism and Contextualism. Aesthetic Perception and Cognition
  • VI. Aesthetic Preference and Empirical Research: Methodology. The Study of Art Criticism. The Study of the Artist. The Study of the Aesthetic Vocabulary. The Study of Objects
  • VII. Beauty in Context (Part One): Aesthetic Preference and Sociocultural Ideals among the Baule and the Fang. The Baule: Beauty and the Ideal Human Being. The Fang: Beauty and Vitality
  • VIII. Beauty in Context (Part Two): Aesthetic Preference and Sociocultural Ideals among the Igbo and the Asante. The Igbo: Beauty and Achievement. The Asante: Beauty and Sociocultural Change.