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Спасение на спокойствието, или за особения естетически смисъл на тази категория
The Salvation of Tranquility, or, On the Particular Aesthetic Meaning of This Category

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Author(s): Petar Plamenov
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Psychoanalysis, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Sociology of Art
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: salvation; tranquility; quietness; serenity; aesthetics; aesthetic; aesthetic categories; ethics; postmodernism; postmodern situation; consumerism; alternative; art; creativity; artist; creator;audience;

Summary/Abstract: The study is centered on the question of aesthetical experience and one of its specific elements, tranquility. The question arises whether tranquility can be thought of conceptually as a category, and whether it can be conceived of in the purest aesthetic perspective or, to the contrary, will continue to be seen as ethical. Is tranquility an essential condition for the realization of the aesthetic experience or is it rather the essential purpose and meaning of that experience? How should we perceive tranquility – as an inherent quality of the work of art, as part of the aesthetic experience, or as a goal in the overall meaning of art ?! The category is considered in the persectives of both Western and Eastern aesthetics (examples of Haiku poetry). The analysis leads to a number of unexpected results.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 114-132
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English, Bulgarian