PRAGMATISM AND CULTURAL POLITICS: FROM TEXTUALISM TO SOMAESTHETICS Thinking through the Body. Essays in Somaesthetics. Part II, Chapter 8
This article presents our readers with a translation of the essay «Pragmatism and Cultural Politics: From Textualism to Somaesthetics» from the book «Thinking Through the Body. Essays on Somaesthetics» by Richard Schusterman. The ideas of pragmatic aesthetics are more and more often in the center of scientific discussions, and they attract significant attention. So, within the framework of the program of the Second Russian Aesthetic Congress, a particular section has been devoted to the problems of sensuality, discussing issues connected with somaesthetics. To our mind, that fact is evidence of the importance of this problematic. Since the concept of “somaesthetic” is not invented without the influence of Richard Rorty, one of the most quoted philosophers of the 20th century, it is necessary to follow the relations of the concepts of American philosophers and the specifics of their critical argumentation. This publication is aimed at solving this task.