Overview
Provides a complete presentation of the concept of "atmosphere"
Discusses various applications of atmopshere in the humanities and social sciences
Brings together studies and ruminations on the role and concept of "atmosphere" in a variety of contexts and fields of research
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Senses and Spaces
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Front Matter
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Aesthetics and Art Theory
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Keywords
About this book
This book provides a presentation of the concept of “atmosphere” in the realm of aesthetics. An “atmosphere” is meant to be an emotional space. Such idea of “atmosphere” has been more and more subsumed by human and social sciences in the last twenty years, thereby becoming a technical notion. In many fields of the Humanities, affective life has been reassessed as a proper tool to understand the human being, and is now considered crucial. In this context, the link between atmospheres and aesthetics becomes decisive. Nowadays, aesthetics is no longer only a theory of art, but has recovered its original vocation: to be a general theory of perception conceived of as an ordinary experience of pre-logical character. In its four parts (Atmospheric turn?, Senses and Spaces, Subjects and Communities, Aesthetics and Art Theory), this volume discusses whether atmospheres could take the prominent and paradigmatic position previously held by art in order to make sense of such sensible experience of the world.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Tonino Griffero is Full Professor of Aesthetics at University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Italy.
Marco Tedeschini is post-doc at the Italian Institute for German Studies, Rome, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Atmosphere and Aesthetics
Book Subtitle: A Plural Perspective
Editors: Tonino Griffero, Marco Tedeschini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24942-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24941-0Published: 02 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24944-1Published: 27 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24942-7Published: 21 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 342
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Aesthetics, Cultural Theory, Cognitive Psychology