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Aesthetics of Weather

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  • Aesthetics of Weather on Hardback by Madalina Diaconu
  • Aesthetics of Weather on Hardback by Madalina Diaconu
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In an age of rife consumption and increasing need for consideration of sustainable social practices, an exploration of the aesthetics of weather from various angles becomes vital in shedding light on its importance to our experience of the changing world. In response, offering the first in-depth and nuanced examination of the aesthetics of weather, this book underlines the relevance the concept has for scientific communication, for fostering sustainable patterns of behaviour and for rejecting the environmentally-damaging “consumption” of landscapes and fine weather. In addition, it provides examples taken from global, contemporary popular culture whilst calling attention to the socioeconomic and political dimensions of individual experience, demonstrating and analysing our fascination with, and cultural interpretations of, weather phenomena in our everyday lives. Within its three sections, the volume reinvents traditional phenomenological methods to create socially, politically and historically embedded ‘phenomenographies’ and explore the importance of aesthetic practices in shaping our experience of weather and climate. It also provides a deeper engagement with general topics, such as the relationship between perception, emotion, imagination, and cognition in our aesthetic experience of the weather, combining these with aesthetic analyses of the so-called “fine weather”. With its broad scope of inquiry ranging from Aristotle to eco-phenomenology, from the pioneers of scientific meteorology to contemporary art, and from everyday aesthetics to geoengineering, this book argues that an aesthetics of weather inflected by greater knowledge and the taking of a critical stance towards aestheticism can become a valuable ally to climate ethics in the Anthropocene.

Author Biography:

Madalina Diaconu is Associate Professor at the University of Vienna, Austria. She is also a member of the editorial boards of Contemporary Aesthetics, Studia Phaenomenologica, and polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren, of which she was formerly Editor-in-Chief. She has authored ten books and co-edited twelve collective volumes on aesthetics, environmental ethics, the phenomenology of touch, smell and taste, and urban sensescapes.
Release date Australia
October 17th, 2024
Pages
288
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
10 bw illus
ISBN-13
9781350416659
Product ID
38480098

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