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This handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of philosophical thinking about the aesthetics of the natural and human-made environments, exploring the topic's foundations, key ideas, and current debates.
Throughout history and across cultures, people's perceptions of beauty and ugliness in their surroundings have been an important part of the human experience. This volume contains more than 30 contributions from leading scholars examining environmental appreciation from a variety of perspectives. Chapters cover a wide range of environments and issues, including the aesthetics of animals, natural sounds, gardens, the urban environment, and the relation between aesthetics and environmentalism. It also explores new topics such as the appreciation of nature in ancient thought, love of place, the traditional nature aesthetics of China and Japan, and the aesthetics of climate change.
The Routledge Handbook of Nature and Environmental Aesthetics will be essential reading for students and scholars working on the aesthetics of environment, as well as anyone who wants to think deeply about environmental beauty. Scholars working in related fields outside academic philosophy, such as geography, landscape studies, environmental psychology, and environmental studies will also find it an invaluable guide to contemporary debates.
Contents
Introduction I. Historical Perspectives on the Aesthetics of Nature 2. Ancient Attitudes 3. Kant on the Aesthetics of Nature 4. Nature Aesthetics in the 19th Century 5. The Beauty of Nature in Western Art and Letters 6. Nature Aesthetics in Traditional Chinese Thought 7. Japanese Aesthetics of Nature II. Contemporary Approaches to Nature Appreciation 8. The Aesthetics of Engagement 9. Science and Nature Appreciation 10. Formalism 11. Phenomenology 12. Pluralism 13. Contemporary Chinese Ecoaesthetics 14. Empirical Psychology, Evolution, and Environmental Aesthetics 15. Environmental Philosophy and Aesthetic Experience of Nature III. Issues and Topics 16. Natural Sounds and Environmental Aesthetics 17. Positive Aesthetics and Ugliness 18. The Aesthetics of Animals 19. Awe, Wonder, and the Sublime 20. The Picturesque 21. Beauty and Love of Place IV. The Aesthetics of Human Environments 22. Aesthetics of the Rural Landscape 23. Gardens 24. Aesthetics of Architecture and Urban Environments 25. Aesthetic Experiences of Care Affect Landscape Sustainability 26. Monuments and Ruins 27. Environmental Art V. Environmentalism and Aesthetics 28. Aesthetics and Environmental Protection 29. Justice and the Wilderness Aesthetic 30. Aesthetics of Nature Restoration and Rewilding 31. Tourism, Biodiversity, and Aesthetics 32. Aesthetics and Climate Change in the Anthropocene
