2022 in Tallinn

The ESA Conference 2022 is to be held on 28–30 June 2022 at Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. The keynote speakers are Emmanuel Alloa, Jacques Rancière, and Virve Sarapik.

Call for Abstracts 2022

The European Society for Aesthetics invites you to submit an abstract of a paper for presentation at the ESA Conference. You can submit panel proposal. The deadline is January 15, 2022.

Essay Prize Competition

Submit your paper to the ESA Essay Prize for PhD students and early career researchers. The prize was launched in 2017 in memory Fabian Dorsch, a co-founder and the first secretary of the European Society for Aesthetics.

Newsletter 2/2022

You can download a new issue of the ESA newsletter, published on November 21, 2021. Enjoy!

Become a member of the ESA

After you register, your request will be sent to the site administrator for approval.You will then receive an email with further instructions. Membership in the ESA is free.

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Volume 12 / 2020

Edited by Vítor Moura and Connell Vaughan

Table of Contents

Complete Volume

Marta Benenti and Lisa Giombini	The Aesthetic Paradox of Tourism	1-31
Monika Favara-Kurkowski	A Reflection on the Criteria for Identifying Design	31-48
Lilli Förster	Against the High Culture – On Leo Tolstoy’s Aesthetics	49-65
Charles Lebeau-Henry	Nietzsche’s Artistic Ideal in Human, All Too Human and the Case of Music	66-83
João Lemos	Moral Aspects’ Aesthetic Relevance	84-99
Ancuta Mortu	The Repertoire as Aesthetic Category	100-121
Salvador Rubio Marco	Aesthetic Values, Engaging Perspectives, and Possibilities	122-152
Ken Wilder	Beyond ‘Visual’ Art: Non-Sighted Modes of Beholding Contemporary Art	153-188