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Aesthetic Perception in Everyday Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Extract

The everyday is that element of our material and social environment that comes closest to us, and is thus the least visible; for it stands to reason that it will neither attract attention to itself, nor catch the eye.

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Research Article
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Copyright © 1977 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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1 This article is a partially rewritten extract of a book that is to appear shortly.

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34 Ibid., p. 11.

35 Ibid., p. 13.

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37 Ibid., p. 46.

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43 Ibid., p. 90.

44 Marshal McLuhan, "Les vieux vêtements de l'empereur", L'objet créé par l'homme, edited by G. Kepes, Brussels, La Connaissance, 1968, p. 93.

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47 L. Alloway, American Pop Art, Whitney Museum, New York, 1974, p. 16.

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49 J.-P. Sartre, L'idiot de la famille, volume III, Paris, Gallimard, 1972, p. 527.