Syllabus
* Mandatory:
BULLOUGH, E., 'Psychical Distance' as a Factor in Art and an Aesthetic Principle, In: Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology, Malden Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, pp 243-260.
ECO, U., Apocalyptic and Integrated Intellectuals: Mass communications and theories of mass culture, In: ECO, U., Apocalypse Postponed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994, pp 17-35.
GADAMER, H.-G., The Relevance of the Beautiful, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
PATOČKA, J., Art and Time, In: Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics, 2015, Vol. 52 Issue 1, pp 99-113, 15p.
* Recommended:
HABERMAS, J., Modernity: An Unfinished Project, In: M. PASSERIN d‘ENTREVÈS, S. BENHABIB (eds.). Habermas and the Unfinished Project of Modernity: Critical Essays on The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity. Mass.: MIT Press, Cambridge, 1996, pp 38-59.
LYOTARD, J.-F., The Postmodern Explained to Children, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.
TATARKIEWICZ, W., A History of Six Ideas, Warszawa: Polish Scientific Publishers, 1980, selected chapters.
Annotation
The aim of this introductive course is to expose basic concepts and problems of aesthetics such as art, beauty, taste, aesthetic attitude, kitsch, aesthetic and artistic value, the role of the author in aesthetic experience, and so on. The course should provide a deeper insight into significant definitions of main aesthetic concepts. Weekly Schedule:
1. Artistic and Aesthetic Era (Jan Patočka)
2. Bridging the Gap between Classical and Modern Understanding of Art (Gadamer)
3. Traditional Concepts of Aesthetics: Art
4. Traditional Concepts of Aesthetics: Beauty
5. Traditional Concepts of Aesthetics: Aesthetics
6. The Concepts of “Traditional”, “Modern”, “Postmodern” and their Relation to Aesthetics (J. Habermas, J.-F. Lyotard)
7. Imitation and Style
8. Artistic and Non-Artistic Aesthetics. The Borders of Art
9. The Problem of Taste
10. Mass Culture and Art. Umberto Eco’s Apocalypse Postponed
11. The Concept of the Kitsch (U. Eco, H. Broch, M. Kundera)
12. The Problem of Aesthetic Attitude (Immanuel Kant, Edward Bullough, Jerome Stolnitz)
13. Psychoanalysis and Art