Transformative Aesthetics
β Scribed by Erika Fischer-Lichte and Benjamin Wihstutz
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 243
- Series
- Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Transformative aestheticsβreflections on the metamorphic power of art
1 Aristotleβs theory of katharsis in its historical and social contexts
2 The taste of art and transcendence: Transformation(s) in rasa and bhakti aesthetics
3 Metamorphoses of experience in the picture
4 Somaesthetics and self-cultivation in Chinese art
5 Schillerβs transformative aesthetics
6 Clairvoyance and transformation: Wagnerβs neuroaesthetics
7 The invisible vanguard: Reflections on political movements and contemporary avant-garde formations
8 Applied theatre: Theatre for change
9 Transformative resistance and aesthetics
10 The art of not relating with one anotherβnotes on some issues and potentials of relational art
List of contributors
Index
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