Foucault's Aesthetics of Existence and Shusterman's Somaesthetics
Ethics, Politics, and the Art of Living
Foucault's Aesthetics of Existence and Shusterman's Somaesthetics
Ethics, Politics, and the Art of Living
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Bringing together Michel Foucault's aesthetics of existence and Richard Shusterman's somaesthetics, this volume provides a critical comparison of two of the most influential philosophical theories of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Introduced by a comprehensive overview of both concepts by editors Stefano Marino and Valentina Antoniol, the ensuing chapters interrogate the affinities and variances between Foucault's and Shusterman's philosophies. Building on the interdisciplinary character of somaesthetics and aesthetics of existence, international scholars explore these ideas through a wide range of topics ranging from care of the self and of the social self to the ethical and political challenges posed by themes as white ignorance, construction of resistances, and production of subjectivities. Given the central role played by the body in both concepts, this volume also affords particular attention to the philosophy of sexuality.
Demonstrating the value of reading these two thinkers together through the adoption of radical interpretive perspectives, Foucault's Aesthetics of Existence and Shusterman's Somaesthetics highlights the potentialities and the relevance of Foucault's and Shusterman's theories, even with respect to our actualité.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Foucault's Aesthetics of Existence and Shusterman's Somaesthetics: Ethics, Politics, and the Art of Living, Valentina Antoniol (University of Bari) and Stefano Marino (University of Bologna)
1. Aesthetics of Existence: From Foucault to Stirner, via Baudelaire, Philippe Sabot (University of Lille, France)
2. The Body at the Limits of Subjectivity. For a Philosophy-Performance as Political Aesthetics Through the Thought of Michel Foucault, Arianna Sforzini (University Paris-Est Créteil, France)
3. Pleasure, Scandal, and the Body: Foucault on Somatic Askesis, Daniele Lorenzini (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
4. Leib, Körper, and the Body Politic, Martin Jay (UC Berkeley, USA)
5. Care of the Social Self as Embodied, Vincent M. Colapietro (University of Rhode Island and Pennsylvania State University, USA)
6. Somaesthetics and the Philosophical Life, Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
7. Somaesthetics, Foucauldian Aesthetics of Existence, and Living Ethically as White, Chris Voparil (Lynn University, USA)
8. Aphrodisia, Eros, Charis: Holistic Bodies and the Stylistic of Reciprocity, Barbara Formis (Sorbonne University, Paris 1, France)
9. The Body Must Be Defended: Somapower and the Women's Strike in Poland, Leszek Koczanowicz (SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland)
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Product details
| Published | 25 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781350384828 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 10 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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