Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty

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Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty is written by Larissa Berger and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110727684 (ISBN 10) and 9783110727685 (ISBN 13).

The conception of disinterested pleasure is not only central to Kant’s theory of beauty but also highly influential in contemporary philosophical discourse about beauty. However, it remains unclear, what exactly disinterested pleasure is and what role it plays in experiences of beauty. This volume sheds new light on the conception of disinterested pleasure from the perspectives of both Kant scholarship and contemporary aesthetics. In the first part, the focus is on Kant’s theory of beauty as grounded on the conception of disinterested pleasure. In the second part, disinterested pleasure is investigated in the light of contemporary debates on beauty. The volume clarifies the meaning, role, and implications of one of the most influential conceptions in traditional as well as contemporary approaches to beauty.