Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy of Beauty Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Philosophy of Beauty
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Module 1: Indian Perspective on Beauty
- A The concept of Rasa (Bharata)
- B Dhvani in the context of art appreciation.
- C Art and Spirituality: Rabindranath Tagore
Module 2: Western Perspective on Beauty
- A Aristotle’s concept of beauty in Poetics
- B Kant’s aesthetics on beauty
- C Contrast and Similarities between Indian and Western perspectives on Beauty
Reference Books
- 1 Amaladass, Anand. Introduction to Aesthetics. Chennai: Satya Nilayam Publications, 2000.
- 2 Boos, Stephen. “Rethinking the Aesthetic: Kant, Schiller, and Hegel.” In Between Ethics and
- 3 Aesthetics: Crossing the Boundaries, eds. Glowacka Dorota and Stephen Boos, 15-25. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.
- 4 Burnham, Douglas. “Immanuel Kant: Aesthetics.” In Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ISSN 2161-0002, https://iep.utm.edu/
- 5 Carroll, Noel. “Art, narrative, and moral understanding.” In Aesthetics and ethics: Essays at the intersection, ed. Jerrold Levinson, 26-58. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- 6 Fuchs, Eric. “The Mutual Questioning of Ethics and Aesthetics.” Cross Currents, 43 (1993), 26-37.
- 7 Gupta, Shyamala. Art, Beauty and Creativity – Indian and Western Aesthetics. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld Ltd., N.D.
- 8 Hick, Hudson Warren. Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
- 9 Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Judgment, trans. Meredith, James Creed, revised and ed. Walker Nicholas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
- 10 Miller, Richard W. “Three versions of objectivity: aesthetic, moral, and scientific.” In Aesthetics and Ethics: Essays at the intersection, ed. Jerrold Levinson, 26-58. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- 11 Stecker, Robert. Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art: An Introduction, 2 nd ed. Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.
- 12 Radhakrishnan, S., & Moore, C. A., Eds. (1957). "A Source Book in Indian Philosophy Public Talk 4 Bombay (Mumbai, India-12 th February 1984