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The Varieties Of Aesthetic Disinterestedness, Norman Kreitman
The Varieties Of Aesthetic Disinterestedness, Norman Kreitman
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
Disinterestedness, a comparatively recent concept in aesthetics, is commonly held to be one of the characteristics of an appropriate response to art, but can be understood in a number of senses. Three varieties are distinguished: a strong form which confines attention exclusively to the internal relations of the work of art; a moderate variety which links internal and external features of the work but solely within the cognitive domain; and a weak form which permits the appreciator to draw on a wide range of external referents but proscribes purely idiosyncratic responses. An illustration is given of the confusion which can …