So how do you apply philosophical principles to think about art? An example can be derived from an unlikely source. Reneh Karamians uses Heidegger’s philosophy as an illustration of how to understand aesthetic experience.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/57/Dasein_And_The_Arts
Dasein And The Arts
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Re: Dasein And The Arts
OK - I'm not getting this. Here's an excerpt:
So, 'loving, fearing or lusting' can guide 'Dasein' away from anxiety - how so? What the hell is a 'pleasant inauthenticity'?
Really and truly - not getting this. Help, anyone? Any examples of a 'pleasantly inauthentic point in one's being' ?
What is this 'decline ( or release) into inauthenticity?Dasein and Poetry
The human love of poetry can be accounted for in basically the same way. Firstly, the rhythm of most poetic styles again causes a division of time; now through the use of words and syllables. Therefore, rhythmic poetry is, like music, a temporal entity by which Dasein is again offered an easy decline (or release) into inauthenticity. Some psychologists, such as Julian Jaynes, even believe that the rhythmic nature of certain poems have soothing effects on the brain. In his work, The Origin of Consciousness in the Break-down of the Bicameral Mind (1976), Jaynes states, “the function of meter in poetry is to drive the electrical impulses of the brain, and most certainly to relax the normal emotional inhibitions of both chanter and listener.”
Secondly, the sentimental nature of poetry offers Dasein an emotional escape from anxiety. This occurs in many ways. For example, nostalgic remembrance can take one’s experience back to a pleasantly inauthentic point in one’s being. More commonly, Dasein can be manipulated sentimentally into various other modes of being, such as, loving, fearing or lusting for example. These again guide Dasein’s being away from anxiety and cause a pleasant inauthenticity.
So, 'loving, fearing or lusting' can guide 'Dasein' away from anxiety - how so? What the hell is a 'pleasant inauthenticity'?
Really and truly - not getting this. Help, anyone? Any examples of a 'pleasantly inauthentic point in one's being' ?