ESTETIKA EXISTENCIE: UMENIE, ČI ÉTOS INDIVIDUÁLNEHO ŽIVOTA?

• Authors: Oľga Sisáková

Title variants

EN

Aesthetics of existence: A sort of art, or the ethos of individual life?

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The article draws on the conclusions of the discussion which on one hand showed the reception of Foucault’s “aesthetics of existence” and on the other hand offered a partial reflection on the “topicality of the aesthetic” in postmodern philosophy. The issue is understood in question as related to the process of aestheticization from modernity to contemporary self-controlled society. The focus is on questions such as „What does the tendency to give one’s own existence a mark of “visible beauty” mean? How does the aesthetic promote itself in non-aesthetic (especially ethical) spheres of life? Attention is paid first of all to how the aesthetics of existence and the requirements of a higher standard individual ethics are interconnected. The conceptions of M. Foucault, J. Früchtl and W. Schmid are referred to as the main sources of consideration.

Keywords

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AESTHETICS; EXISTENCE; FOUCAULT; ETHOS; ART OF LIVING; SCHMID; POSTMODERN PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 437 – 449

Contributors

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Oľga Sisáková

• Inštitút filozofie, Filozofická fakulta PU, Prešov, Slovak Republic