Global Climate Change and Aesthetics

Emily Brady

Environmental Values, 2022, vol. 31, issue 1, 27-46

Abstract: What kinds of issues does the global crisis of climate change present to aesthetics, and how will they challenge the field to respond? This paper argues that a new research agenda is needed for aesthetics with respect to global climate change (GCC) and outlines a set of foundational issues which are especially pressing: (1) attention to environments that have been neglected by philosophers, for example, the cryosphere and aerosphere; (2) negative aesthetics of environment, in order to grasp aesthetic experiences, meanings, and dis/values in light of the catastrophic effects of GCC; (3) bringing intergenerational thinking into aesthetics through concepts of temporality and ‘future aesthetics’ (4) understanding the relationship between aesthetic and ethical values as they arise in regard to GCC.

Keywords: Climate change; aesthetics; environment; nature; future generations; ethics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.3197/096327121X16141642287683

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