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The Aesthetic Brain by Anjan Chatterjee, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Anjan Chatterjee

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The Aesthetic Brain by Anjan Chatterjee, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
The Aesthetic Brain by Anjan Chatterjee, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Anjan Chatterjee

The Aesthetic Brain by Anjan Chatterjee, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Chatterjee uses neuroscience to probe how an aesthetic sense is etched in our minds and evolutionary psychology to explain why aesthetic concerns feature centrally in our lives. Alongthe way, Chatterjee addresses fundamental questions: What is beauty? Is beauty universal? How is beauty related to pleasure? What is art? Should art be beautiful? Do we have an instinct for art? Chatterjee starts by probing the reasons that we find people, places, and even numbers beautiful. At the root of beauty, he finds, is pleasure. He then examines our pleasures by dissecting why we want and why we like food, sex, and money and how these rewards relate to aesthetic encounters. His ruminations on beauty and pleasure prepare him and the reader to face art. He wanders through theproblems of defining art, understanding contemporary art, and interpreting ancient art. He explores why art, something that seems so useless, also feels fundamental to our humanity. Replete with facts, anecdotes, and analogies, this empirical guide to aesthetics offers scientific answers withoutdeflating the wonders of beauty and art. | The Aesthetic Brain by Anjan Chatterjee, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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