Aesthetics is the Grammar of Desire

Jennifer A. McMahon

doi:10.58519/aesthinv.v1i1.12015

Aesthetics is the Grammar of Desire

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Jennifer A. McMahon University of Adelaide

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https://doi.org/10.58519/aesthinv.v1i1.12015

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Healy and Cordeiro, artists Lowry, Habermas, Kant, communication, art, community, rationality, imagination, pleasure, desire, aesthetic judgement

Abstract

This essay presents (i) the nature of aesthetic judgement, (ii) the significance of aesthetic judgement and finally, (iii) the relevance of art to understanding aesthetic judgement.

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2015-07-16

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McMahon, Jennifer A. 2015. “Aesthetics Is the Grammar of Desire”. Aesthetic Investigations 1 (1). Utrecht, NL:156-64. https://doi.org/10.58519/aesthinv.v1i1.12015.

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Vol. 1 No. 1

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