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Luque Moya, G. (2019). The origins of the aesthetics of the quotidian : John Dewey and the notion of aesthetic experience. Discusiones Filosóficas, 20(35), 129–148. https://doi.org/10.17151/difil.2019.20.35.8
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The aesthetics of the quotidian is a new research field that attempts to overcome the limited approach that had characterized modern aesthetics, recognizing the continuity between the fine arts and other aspects of life and claiming the aesthetic dimension of our daily life. The origins of this movement, which started out as a critique of institutions and enlightened theories can be traced to the pragmatism of John Dewey and his notion of aesthetic experience. The philosopher paves the way for the aesthetics of the quotidian by placing the aesthetic character in the experience rather than in objects or specific situations. This article considers the Deweyan notion of aesthetic experience, offering a new approach from which his aesthetics can be updated. For this purpose, the main qualities which define the term are analyzed, showing their potential to overcome Yuriko Saito’s criticism.
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Leddy, Thomas. “The Nature of Everyday Aesthetics”. Light Andrew y Smith Jonathan M. (eds.). The Aesthetics of Everyday Life. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. 3-22. Print
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Liu, Yuedi y Carter, Curtis L. (eds.). Aesthetics of Everyday Life: East and West. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.: Cambridge Scholarship, 2014. Print.
Naukkarinen, Ossi y Saito, Yuriko (eds.). Artification, Contemporary Aesthetics, Special Volume 4, 2012. Web.
Pepper, Stephen. “Some Questions on Dewey’s Esthetics”. Schilpp, Paul A. (ed.). The Philosophy of John Dewey. New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1939. 369-390. Print.
Puolakka, Kalle. “Dewey and Everyday Aesthetics. A New Look”. Contemporary Aesthetics. 12, 2014. Electronic. Web 18 jul. 2019. http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=699.
Puolakka, Kalle. “The Aesthetics Pulse of the Everyday: Defining Dewey”. Contemporary Aesthetics 13, 2015. Web 18 jul. 2019. https://contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=730
Saito, Yuriko. “Aesthetics of Everyday Life”. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2015. Web. 05 nov. 2018. .
Saito, Yuriko. Everyday Aesthetics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Print.
Shapiro, Shauna L. Carlson, y Linda E. The art and science of mindfulness: Integrating mindfulness into psychology and the helping professions. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2009. Print.
Sartwell, Crispin. “Aesthetics of the Everyday”. Levinson, Jonathan (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Aesthetics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 761-770. Print.
Shusterman, Richard. “Back to the Future: Aesthetics Today”. The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics. 43, 2010: 104-124. Electronic. https://doi.org/10.7146/nja.v23i43.7500.
Shusterman, Richard. Pragmatist Aesthetics. Living Beauty, Rethinking Art. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002. Print.
Shusterman, Richard. Thinking through the Body. Essays in Somaesthetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Print.
Stroud, Scott. John Dewey and the Artful Life: Pragmatism, Aesthetics and Morality. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvannia State University Press, 2011. Print.
