Aesthetics of Anxiety

by Ruth Ronen

Book Overview

What is the relation of anxiety to aesthetics? Aesthetics of Anxiety brings psychoanalysis into dialogue with aesthetics, providing provocative and original insights into aesthetic theory and experience. From Aristotle's katharsis to the role played by pain and disgust in the aesthetics of the avant-garde, the notion of anxiety helps us understand the particular kind of discontent (or negative pleasure) that accompanies aesthetic experience. Anxiety,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791476677
• ISBN13: 9780791476673
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"