Savoring Disgust: The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics by Carolyn Korsmeyer

Savoring Disgust: The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics

Carolyn Korsmeyer

208 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction art philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
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Disgust is among the strongest of aversions, characterized by involuntary physical recoil and even nausea. Yet paradoxically, disgusting objects can sometimes exert a grisly allure, and this emotion can constitute a positive, appreciative aestheti...

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