The Absorbed Self
Pragmatism, Psychology and Aesthetic Experience
Ciaran Benson(Author)
Prentice-Hall (Publisher)
Published on 1. April 1993
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-0-7450-1395-4 (ISBN)
Description
In descriptions of experiences of art, a central and recurring theme is that people seem to become something other than themselves when viewing a painting or listening to poetry or music. Yet, despite its key importance, there has never been a sustained description and analysis of aesthetic absorption by either psychologists or philosophers. This text uses an interdisciplinary approach to revive the use of a pragmatic philosophy of self and aesthetic experience, and fuses it with current work in social and developmental psychology.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 145 mm
Weight
361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7450-1395-4 (9780745013954)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Being aesthetically absorbed, John Dewey, aesthetic experience and absorption; psychoanalysis and the infantile roots of aesthetic absorption; aesthetic absorption as a case of "not-I"?, self as "centredness" and the process of "recentring"; a developmental account; art and not being one's self - aesthetic absorption as "recentring".