American-Israeli philosopher who developed somaesthetics — the critical study of the body as the site of aesthetic experience — and a pragmatist aesthetics that defends popular art forms.
Somaesthetics: philosophy of the body as a site of aesthetic appreciation and improvement; the living body is both subject and object of aesthetic experience. Pragmatist Aesthetics: defended hip hop and popular art as genuine aesthetic objects against Kantian high-art aesthetics.
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