Title: Analytic of the Dynamically Sublime via Kinaesthesia
Speaker: Ross Barham
Date, Time: 7/06/11, 5:15pm
Location: Old Quad Common Room
Abstract: Kant characterizes the dynamically sublime as arising from the aesthetic judgment of the otherwise fearful mightiness of the natural world as having no dominion over us. As a partial corollary of this characterization, Kant assumes that the dynamically sublime can be appreciated only via visual perception. I shall argue, however, that the nature, principles and testimonials of the non-violent, Japanese martial art, Aikido, suggest that the dynamically sublime is equally amenable to certain modes of kinesthetic appreciation.
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