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Ten years or so from its earliest iterations, it is timely to find a new volume dedicated to everyday aesthetics, one that demonstrates both the confidence of a movement moving into maturity, and a certain reflexivity about how far it has since come. [...] The conceptual problems that the movement faces ... have been addressed more explicitly, and this is one of the collection's strengths. The movement remains challenged by how to circumscribe the notion of the everyday, and how to conceptualize its aesthetic character. The relation of aesthetics to ethics is not new, but is given an original approach here, as connected to a more general notion of human well-being, and an instinct that the aesthetic is a larger part of that well-being than has been previously considered. The responses offered to these challenges ... demonstrate a sophistication of thought over previous works in this area. Jane Forsey University of Winnipeg Philosophy in Review, 35: 6 (2015)

Ten years or so from its earliest iterations, it is timely to find a new volume dedicated to everyday aesthetics, one that demonstrates both the confidence of a movement moving into maturity, and a certain reflexivity about how far it has since come. [...] The conceptual problems that the movement faces ... have been addressed more explicitly, and this is one of the collection's strengths. The movement remains challenged by how to circumscribe the notion of the everyday, and how to conceptualize its aesthetic character. The relation of aesthetics to ethics is not new, but is given an original approach here, as connected to a more general notion of human well-being, and an instinct that the aesthetic is a larger part of that well-being than has been previously considered. The responses offered to these challenges ... demonstrate a sophistication of thought over previous works in this area. Jane ForseyUniversity of WinnipegPhilosophy in Review, 35: 6 (2015)

'Ten years or so from its earliest iterations, it is timely to find a new volume dedicated to everyday aesthetics, one that demonstrates both the confidence of a movement moving into maturity, and a certain reflexivity about how far it has since come. [...] The conceptual problems that the movement faces ... have been addressed more explicitly, and this is one of the collection's strengths. The movement remains challenged by how to circumscribe the notion of the everyday, and how to conceptualize its aesthetic character. The relation of aesthetics to ethics is not new, but is given an original approach here, as connected to a more general notion of human well-being, and an instinct that the aesthetic is a larger part of that well-being than has been previously considered. The responses offered to these challenges ... demonstrate a sophistication of thought over previous works in this area.'Jane ForseyUniversity of WinnipegPhilosophy in Review, 35: 6 (2015)

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Liu Yuedi is Associate Professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Delegate at large of International Association for Aesthetics, Secretary-General of the Chinese Society for Aesthetics, and Executive Main-Editor of The Journal of Aesthetics. His recent books include Boundless Wind and Moon: Chinese Traditional Aesthetics of Everyday Life (2014); Contemporary Studies of Chinese Aesthetics (2012); Aesthetics in Everyday Life (2011); and The History of Analytic Aesthetics (2009). He is co-editor of Subversive Strategies in Contemporary Chinese Art (2011, Brill).Curtis L. Carter is a Professor of Aesthetics at Marquette University, and the founding director of the Haggerty Museum of Art (1984–2007). His recent publications include authoring Border Crossings: Essays on Art and Aesthetics (2014, in press) and editing Art and Social Change: IAA Yearbook of Aesthetics (2009). He has also held leadership positions for national and international organizations, including President of the International Association for Aesthetics (2010–2013) and Secretary-Treasurer of American Society for Aesthetics (1996–2006).

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