The "sociology" of taste in the Scottish Enlightenment

Author

Hemingway, Andrew

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Oxford art journal. 1989, Num. 2, Vol. 12, p. 3-35

ISSN

0142-6540

Abstract (en)

Examines the origins of aesthetics in 18th c. British philosophical criticism and the relationship between the Scottish theory of the arts and the larger project of Scottish social theory. Focuses on the model of the mind provided in Locke's Essay concerning human understanding and on Hume's and Hartley's theories of imagination and taste, and analyzes particularly the application of the association principle to the theory of taste in writings of Hume, Kames, Millar, and Alison.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- United Kingdom
• Philosophy
• Aesthetics
• Criticism
• Taste (aesthetics)
• Theory
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Scotland (GBR)
• Psychology
• Locke, John, 1632-1704
• Hume, David, 1711-1776
• Kames, Henry Home, 1696-1782
• Hartley, David, 1705-1757
• Millar, John, 1735-1801
• Alison, Archibald, 1757-1839
• Enlightenment
• Sociology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Royaume-Uni
• Philosophie
• Esthétique
• Critique
• Goût (esthétique)
• Théorie
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Scotland (GBR)
• Psychologie
• Locke, John, 1632-1704
• Hume, David, 1711-1776
• Kames, Henry Home, 1696-1782
• Hartley, David, 1705-1757
• Millar, John, 1735-1801
• Alison, Archibald, 1757-1839
• Siècle des lumières
• Sociologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00461110

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