The Third Tear in Everyday Aesthetics

Although totally overlooked by mainstream aesthetic theory, various paths nevertheless left open for addressing everyday aesthetics, a natural yet surprisingly controversial topic. Why they were never taken until recently, the theme of everyday aesthetics is now becoming fashionable can be exp not only by the obvious fact of philosophical aestheticsʹ restrictive focal po art but, among other reasons, by a kind of fetishism that demands an obje recognized value for legitimating an aesthetic inquiry. This new popularity entails, however, certain theoretical risks such as clinging to traditional art centric and beauty-centric categories to explain the everyday and borrowir concepts uncritically. In this paper I will examine some of these paths anc with special emphasis on current events which exude aesthetics throughou pores and require attention from this discipline.