Autore
Godess-Riccitelli, Moran

Titolo
Disinterested Pleasure and Aesthetic Boredom
Periodico
Estetica
Anno: 2024 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 577 - Pagina finale: 587

Kant’s account of the feeling of pleasure, in its empirical sense ("sinnliche Lust"), is always interested, that is, a direct promotion of our natural human interests or ends. In aesthetic experience, however, Kant refers to a distinct and peculiar sense of pleasure, known as «aesthetic pleasure». Its most salient feature is its disinterestedness. According to Kant, disinterested pleasure refers to pleasure that is not linked to desire ("Begehren"). This means that it is neither based on desire, nor does it produce it. When all interests are stripped away, what remains is similar to Kant’s description of boredom as «a "void" of sensation» or a lack of pleasure in the empirical sense. This paper examines the relationship between the disinterested nature of aesthetic pleasure and what I refer to as «aesthetic boredom» as seemingly negative, but necessary, elements of aesthetic judgment, both involving aesthetic consciousness.



SICI: 2039-6635(2024)3<577:DPAAB>2.0.ZU;2-5
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