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Transformative Aesthetics

Transformative Aesthetics

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

PhilosophyTheater History

ISBN10: 1138057177
ISBN13: 9781138057173
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 27 2017
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Aesthetic theory in the West has, until now, been dominated by ideas of effect, autonomy, and reception. Transformative Aesthetics uncovers these theories' mutual concern with the transformation of those involved.

From artists to spectators, readers, listeners, or audiences, the idea of transformation is one familiar to cultures across the globe. Transformation of the individual is only one part of this aesthetic phenomenon, as contemporary artists are increasingly called upon to have a transformative, sustainable impact on society at large. To this end, Erika Fischer Lichte and Benjamin Wihstutz present a series of fresh perspectives on the discussion of aesthetics, uniting Western theory with that of India, China, Australia, and beyond.

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