Jean-Marie Schaeffer : l’esthétique entre art, cognition et anthropologie
| Title in English | Jean-Marie Schaeffer: Aesthetics between Art, Cognition and Anthropology |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Nouvelle revue d'esthétique |
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| Web | https://doi.org/10.3917/nre.032.0193 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/nre.032.0193 |
| Keywords | Jean-Marie Schaeffer, aesthetic cognition, anthropology of art, Papua New Guinea spirit houses |
| Description | When confronted with art forms that embody cultural difference, aesthetic theory can undergo significant conceptual transformations. I examine these transformations by focusing on the aesthetics of Jean-Marie Schaeffer. More specifically, I focus on its relation to philosophy of art, its development in the light of recent advances in cognitive science and its interaction with the anthropology of art. I argue that the conceptual work of Schaeffer allows us to understand how we aesthetically activate art forms belonging to cultures remote from our own. I illustrate this by taking as a case study the spirit house, which can be found in several communities in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. |
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