Is there a scientific beauty?
Heinich, Nathalie
Is there a scientific beauty? - 2018.
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Status of value judgements, criteria of beauty: Rather banal topics from the perspective of aesthetics or the philosophy of art, these issues are addressed here according to the methods and epistemic resources provided by an empirical, inductive and comprehensive sociology. Based on an analysis of actors’ behaviors and discourses in actual situations, it aims to illustrate their logic and the meanings they have for the actors. We then discover why and how aesthetic judgement is marginalized in the criteria used by experts in national heritage experts, and how it reappears under a more “scientific” form, as a compromise between the aesthetic logic of heritage administration and the scientific logic of inventory studies.
Is there a scientific beauty? - 2018.
36
Status of value judgements, criteria of beauty: Rather banal topics from the perspective of aesthetics or the philosophy of art, these issues are addressed here according to the methods and epistemic resources provided by an empirical, inductive and comprehensive sociology. Based on an analysis of actors’ behaviors and discourses in actual situations, it aims to illustrate their logic and the meanings they have for the actors. We then discover why and how aesthetic judgement is marginalized in the criteria used by experts in national heritage experts, and how it reappears under a more “scientific” form, as a compromise between the aesthetic logic of heritage administration and the scientific logic of inventory studies.
Réseaux sociaux