Applying Aesthetics to Everyday Life - by Lisa Giombini & Adrián Kvokacka (Paperback)

About the Book

"Surveys contemporary debates in the field of everyday aesthetics, exploring its history, methodology and application"--

Book Synopsis

Applying Aesthetics to Everyday Lifesurveys current debates in the field of everyday aesthetics, examining its history, methodology and intersections with cognate research areas. Lisa Giombini and Adrián Kvokacka bring together an international team of renowned scholars who are shaping the present and future of the discipline.

They demonstrate how the historical origins of everyday aesthetics emerges across the history of Western aesthetic thought, from Renaissance thinkers to the modern German philosophers Baumgarten, Kant and Heidegger. Chapters shed light on the field's methodological underpinnings, tracing its theoretical foundations back to epistemology and ethics and assess the potential of everyday aesthetics as a theoretical tool. They reveal its interdisciplinary nature and how it assists various fields of inquiry, including environmental and urban aesthetics, conservation ethics and the philosophy of art.

Through fresh explorations of its origins, background and contemporary developments, this collection advances a new definition of everyday aesthetics and provides a cutting edge reflection on the world we inhabit today.

Review Quotes

Highly recommended reading. This collection shows the variety of issues that can be discussed under the umbrella of everyday aesthetics - starting from stones and ending in storms, from house chores via social behavior to popular culture and design objects. The essays contribute to the crucial issue of the nature of the everyday itself.
Arto Haapala, Professor of Aesthetics, University of Helsinki, Finland

This book offers an impressive array of essays on the 'everyday turn' in aesthetics, with topics ranging from historical precedents to popular culture, cities, and design. It showcases key philosophical discussions while also providing a practical understanding of the value of everyday aesthetics for cultivating better interactions with the world.
Emily Brady, Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA

About the Author

Lisa Giombini is Research Fellow in Aesthetics at Roma Tre University, Italy.

Adrián Kvokacka is Associate Professor of Aesthetics at Presov University, Slovakia.