Beauty in context : toward an anthropological approach to aesthetics /
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| Author / Creator: | Van Damme, Wilfried. |
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| 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 |
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.
