Beauty and art: pain and consolation in Roger Scruton's aesthetics

Authors

  • Messias Nunes Correia Universidade Federal de Sergipe-UFS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61378/enun.v7i2.130

Keywords:

Beleza, Arte, Filosofia e Consolação.

Abstract

The article highlights the aesthetic thinking of the British philosopher Roger Scruton. The analysis consists in the affirmation that Beauty encompasses almost the entire
ontological and phenomenal category and can be  contemplated in concrete objects and ideas; in nature and animals; in human beings and actions; in music, painting, literature and all forms of art. Scruton criticizes  contemporary art, because, according to him, it systematically rejected beauty. For the philosopher, art raised, in history, the torch of Beauty and it went out in the urinal in Paris. With this, the British philosopher draws  attention to a radical rupture between Art and Beauty. This means that contemporary art has dethroned Beauty as an intrinsic and irreplaceable value. This brought about a progressive loss of perception of Beauty and the aggravation of the chaotic condition of society. In this article, what is sought is to understand from Roger Scruton's philosophy, how the relationship between Beauty and human consolation occurs and how this
experience happens in the face of existential dramas. It seeks to answer why contemporary art has dethroned Beauty and what are the implications of this rupture for human life.

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Published

2023-09-29

Issue

Revista Enunciação - v.7, n.2 (2022)

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