Pragmatist Aesthetics: Living Beauty, Rethinking Art

by Richard M. Shusterman

This much acclaimed book has emerged as neo-pragmatism's most significant contribution to contemporary aesthetics. By articulating a deeply embodied notion of aesthetic experience and the art of living, and by providing a compellingly rigorous defense of popular art―crowned by a pioneer study of hip hop―Richard Shusterman reorients aesthetics towards a fresher, more relevant, and socially progressive agenda. The second edition contains an introduction where Shusterman responds to his critics, and it concludes with an added chapter that formulates his novel notion of somaesthetics.

Genres: Philosophy, Art

366 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Richard Shusterman is an American pragmatist philosopher. Known for his contributions to philosophical aesthetics and the emerging field of somaesthetics, currently he is the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University.

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had Richard as a prof for a few classes. Fantastic writer, horrible lecturer.