Estetica - L'opera dell'arte nell'epoca dell'estetizzazione (PhD)
Prerequisiti
No prerequisites are required.
Programma
The aesthetic dimension of experience is intrinsic to the project of a general anthropology. If, since the dawn of cultural anthropology in the 1920s, the notion of aesthetics has informed several approaches to culture (Mauss, Boas), the birth of Aesthetics itself is situated within an anthropological turn in eighteenth-century thought. The problem of a general definition of 'aesthetic' shared by the various disciplinary approaches is today an epistemological obstacle to an adequate consideration of the role of the aesthetic in the human life. The course will be dedicated to an analysis and discussion of the various models of the aesthetic currently operating in the human sciences on the basis of some significant case studies.
Obiettivi formativi
The course aims to present and discuss the various uses and meanings of the category 'aesthetic' relevant to contemporary debate and to provide the theoretical tools to investigate the aesthetic dimension of human experience from an inter-disciplinary perspective. The aim is to acquire the ability to interrogate and investigate texts and to develop collaborative interaction in seminar discussion.
Riferimenti bibliografici
During the first lesson, a bibliography of the works discussed during the course will be provided. A number of studies useful for framing the contents:
Coote J., Shelton A. (eds), Anthropology, Art and Aesthetics, Clarendon Press 1992
Gosden C. (ed.), «Archaeology and aesthetics», World Archaeology, Vol 33, No 2, 2001
E. Dissanayake, L'infanzia dell'estetica. L'origine evolutiva delle pratiche artistiche, Mimesis 2015
Moduli
| Modulo | Ore | CFU | Docenti |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modulo 2: Arte e società: temi e problemi del dibattito contemporaneo (per ordinari e PhD) | 20 | 3 | Lorenzo Bartalesi |
| Modulo 3: Modelli di estetico in filosofia e nelle scienze umane (per PhD) | 20 | 3 | Lorenzo Bartalesi |