Higgins Kathleen Marie - Aesthetics In Grief And Mourning Philosophical Reflections On Coping With Loss - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A philosophical exploration of aesthetic experience during bereavement. In Aesthetics of Grief and Mourning philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins reflects on the ways that aesthetics aids people experiencing loss. Some practices related to bereavement such as funerals are scripted but many others are recursive improvisational mundane telling stories listening to music and reflecting on art or literature. Higgins shows how these grounding aesthetic practices can ease the disorienting effects of loss shedding new light on the importance of aesthetics for personal and communal flourishing.
Title: Aesthetics In Grief And Mourning Philosophical Reflections On Coping With Loss
Author(s): Higgins Kathleen Marie
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226831046
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 3/6/2024
Category: Sociology: Death & Dying