Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning

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Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning is written by Kathleen Marie Higgins and published by University of Chicago Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0226831051 (ISBN 10) and 9780226831053 (ISBN 13).

A philosophical exploration of aesthetic experience during bereavement. In Aesthetics of Grief and Mourning, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins reflects on the ways that aesthetics aids people experiencing loss. Some practices related to bereavement, such as funerals, are scripted, but many others are recursive, improvisational, mundane—telling stories, listening to music, and reflecting on art or literature. Higgins shows how these grounding, aesthetic practices can ease the disorienting effects of loss, shedding new light on the importance of aesthetics for personal and communal flourishing.