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Rethinking Comparative Aesthetics in a Contemporary Frame

By R N Misra And Paru Dave Mukherji (Author)

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About the book
This volumes revisits comparative aesthetics by taking a broad view of aesthetic concerns across disciplines like art history, literary studies, philosophy and linguistic bringing forth the questions of class, caste and religions too. Questions of translation and methodological concerns to update aesthetics in contemporary times are at the forefront. The contributor revisits Indian aesthetics and aesthetics of politics. It also addresses the intercultural framework of comparative aesthetics that juxtaposes larger cultural entities like the Indian, the Chinese and the western around some key terms of aesthetics like originality , creativity , beauty, mime sis and resonance. while it highlights the methodological challenges that comparative aesthetic faces in the wake of globalization that has thrown up new discipline of study, it also signals certain unevenness that exists in the field. while dealing with new interpretative lenses to understand terminology of aesthetics, it also draw attention to new primary texts that were less explored or were there in fragments and therefore overlooked . Finally, it attempts to update comparative aesthetic through new interdisciplinary conversations that throw light on crucial aspects of Indian aesthetics today.
About the Author:
Professor R.N Misra taught at the University of Saugor, Gwalior and Allahabad(1959-2001) and was also a fellow at IIAS (1973-75,2002-2005 and Tagore National Fellow(2012-2015). He published works relate to Pre-modern Indian art, specially Yaksha cult and iconography, ancient artists, silpa tradition, regional sculptures and Saiva ascetics in piety and power.
Professor Parul Dave- Mukherji:
teaches at the department of visua studies school of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She holds a Phd from Oxford University and has held fellowship at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA; South Asia Institute, Heidelberg, Germany.