Accompanying Aesthetics
Philosophy of Art’s Role in Other Disciplines
Description
How can aesthetics connect with research in other disciplines and fuel them with philosophical ideas and insights?
This edited collection explores what kind of companion discipline aesthetics can be . and the benefits of collaboration for other disciplines: not only in the humanities, but also those likemeteorology, brain research, engineering, or computer science. The contributors investigate the contemporary role of aesthetics in relationship with other disciplines and areas of research in order to enrich understanding of both the nature and the benefit of such intersections. While researchers have explored inter-disciplinarity, cross-disciplinarity, and trans-disciplinarity, the role of distinct disciplines in such crossovers have not been yet profoundly studied.
The eleven chapters connect aesthetics with other disciplines and areas of research, and while some of these pairings may look unusual or even surprising in the beginning, they nevertheless strengthen the core claim of the book: aesthetics is not only an active, but also a very helpful companion discipline to describing, understanding, and developing our world.
Table of Contents
1 Film Aesthetics (Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Nanzan University, Japan)
2 Aesthetics and Literature (Francesco Campana, University of Padua, Italy)
3 Aesthetics and Martial Arts Studies (Max Ryynänen, Aalto University, Finland)
4 Aesthetics and Heritage Studies (Zoltán Somhegyi, University of Szeged, Hungary)
5 Aesthetics and Transculturality (Rosa Fernández-Gómez, University of Málaga, Spain)
6 A Neuroscience Perspective on Aesthetics (Riitta Hari, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland and Aina Puce, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)
7 Aesthetics and Meteorology (Madalina Diaconu, University of Vienna, Austria)
8 Aesthetics in Traffic (Mikkel Bogh, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
9 Aesthetics and Engineering (Nick Young, DAFIST, University of Genova, Italy – Enrico Terrone, University of Genova, Italy)
10 Aesthetics and Computer Science. From Towering Hardware to Ethereal Clouds (Juljan Krause, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
11 Aesthetics and AI (Ossi Naukkarinen, The University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland)
Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798765161722 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | max of 10 b&w |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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