Abstract
In the context of reductionist approaches to art studies, Paul Crowther’s formalist aesthetics presents itself as a unique post-analytic phenomenological framework and methodology, by way of Kantian thoughts on ideas on the sublime, and by incorporating analytic philosophy and phenomenology into its approach to art studies. Within this framework, Crowther reflects and explores the significance of art, providing a new way to understand and interpret modern and postmodern artistic practices such as abstract art, conceptual art, and digital art. In addition, with the refreshed understanding of the significance of art, Crowther proves that his post-analytic phenomenology may also be applied to the fields beyond his realm, such as the study of outsider art.
Keywords
post-analytic phenomenology, Paul Crowther, significance of art, anti-reductionist aesthetics (formalist aesthetics)
First Page
85
Last Page
96
Recommended Citation
Li, Mu. 2022. "Anti-Reductionism: On Paul Crowther’s Post-Analytic Phenomenological Aesthetics and Its New Possibilities." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 42, (2): pp.85-96. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol42/iss2/30
