“Let’s go see that together!”: Going out as a social aesthetic activity

Contemporary philosophical aesthetics remains focused on works and objects. In this essay, I want to think philosophically, and with primary attention to aesthetic matters, about an activity that has not been seriously discussed in philosophical context; namely, the activity of going out. I shall argue that going out—the sort of thing we do when we go to the cinema, the theater, the ballet, nightclubs, cocktail bars, restaurants, and so on—should be understood as a social aesthetic activity. I'll also say a bit about why "getting ready" is often claimed by some to be the best part of going out.

Speaker: Aaron Meskin
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