LEADER 04098nam 22006255 450 001 9910483097803321 005 20230719194321.0 010 $a3-319-19899-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-19899-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000449469 035 $a(EBL)3567727 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001534421 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11875448 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001534421 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11493903 035 $a(PQKB)11491982 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-19899-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3567727 035 $a(PPN)187689105 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000449469 100 $a20150715d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeauty, Ugliness and the Free Play of Imagination $eAn Approach to Kant's Aesthetics /$fby Mojca Küplen 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in German Idealism,$x2542-9868 ;$v17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-19898-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aChapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Judgments of Taste and Analysis of the Problem of Ugliness in Kant?s Aesthetics -- Chapter 3 The Concept of Freedom in the Play of Imagination and Understanding -- Chapter 4 A Positive Account of the Concept of Free Play -- Chapter 5 The Explanation of Ugliness in Kant?s Aesthetics -- Chapter 6 The Notion of Disgust in Comparison to Ugliness: A Kantian Perspective -- Bibliography. 330 $aThis book presents a solution to the problem known in philosophical aesthetics as the paradox of ugliness, namely, how an object that is displeasing can retain our attention and be greatly appreciated. It does this  by exploring and refining the most sophisticated and thoroughly worked out theoretical framework of philosophical aesthetics, Kant?s theory of taste, which was put forward in part one of the Critique of the Power of Judgment. The book explores the possibility of incorporating ugliness, a negative aesthetic concept, into the overall Kantian aesthetic picture. It addresses a debate of the last two decades over whether Kant's aesthetics should allow for a pure aesthetic judgment of ugliness. The book critically reviews the main interpretations of Kant?s central notion of the free play of imagination and understanding, and offers a new interpretation of free play, one that allows for the possibility of a disharmonious state of mind and ugliness. In addition, the book also applies an interpretation of ugliness in Kant?s aesthetics to resolve certain issues that have been raised in contemporary aesthetics, namely the possibility of appreciating artistic and natural ugliness and the role of disgust in artistic representation. Offering a theoretical and practical analysis of different kinds of negative aesthetic experiences, this book will help readers acquire a better understanding of his or her own evaluative processes, which may be helpful in coping with complex aesthetic experiences. Readers will gain unique insight into how ugliness can be offensive, yet, at the same time, fascinating, interesting and captivating.   . 410 0$aStudies in German Idealism,$x2542-9868 ;$v17 606 $aAesthetics 606 $aHistory, Ancient 606 $aPhilosophy, Ancient 606 $aAesthetics 606 $aClassical Studies 606 $aAncient Philosophy / Classical Philosophy 615 0$aAesthetics. 615 0$aHistory, Ancient. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Ancient. 615 14$aAesthetics. 615 24$aClassical Studies. 615 24$aAncient Philosophy / Classical Philosophy. 676 $a111.85092 700 $aKüplen$b Mojca$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01228275 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483097803321 996 $aBeauty, Ugliness and the Free Play of Imagination$92851497 997 $aUNINA