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Defense of the concept of aesthetic disinterestedness in the theory of Thomas Hilgers
Kosyak Shuman, Ekaterina ; Kubalík, Štěpán (advisor) ; Dadejík, Ondřej (referee)
The proposed bachelor thesis deals with the question of the relevance of one of the key concepts of modern aesthetic theory, the concept of aesthetic disinterestedness. This concept was criticized in the second half of the 20th century, especially within the framework of Anglo-American aesthetics and philosophy of art (e.g. George Dickie, Arnold Berleant or Allen Carlson) and, as a result of this criticism, it was rejected as a concept on which the explanation of aesthetic experience could be based. This bachelor's thesis will first present the basic arguments of this criticism, then it will offer one of the contemporary elaborations of the concept of aesthetic disinterestedness, which responded to the above-mentioned criticism (Thomas Hilgers; attention will be paid primarily to Hilgers' proposal to base a new concept of disinterest attitude on the so-called "practical self-consciousness" or socially conditioned consciousness himself), and in the final part, it will evaluate the success of this defense of the concept of aesthetic disinterestedness and the relevance of this theory in relation to contemporary artistic manifestations, such as conceptual art, happening, performance. KEY WORDS: Aesthetic disinterestedness, practical self-consciousness , Thomas Hilgers, Martin Heidegger, George Dickie,...
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