Lithuanian national aesthetic in the face of globalization

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Globalizacija; Lietuvos estetika; Metodologiniai požiūriai; Metodologinės prieigos; Tautinis tapatumas; Tautinė tapatybė; Vizualumas; Globalization; Lithuanian aesthetics; Methodological approaches; National identity; Visuality.

ENPaper tends to analyze some main transformations in the field of Lithuanian aesthetic and reasons of increasing interest toward this field in globalized culture. The author deals with the sources and trends of contemporary Lithuanian aesthetics, exploring various aspects of its evolution, peculiarities, tendencies and transformations in the face of globalization. The author will disclose reasons why study of aesthetics in Lithuania was popular during the first part of the 20th century but later, during period of Soviet occupation, was abandoned. The paper unveils reasons why during late period of occupation and after regaining independence, aesthetic thought starts to develop much more intensively. The author discuses reasons why contemporary aesthetics tends to take an interdisciplinary approach and to combine philosophy with literary theory, psychoanalysis, sociology, popular culture theory and other areas. Interdisciplinary and comparative approach fits to the values of globalized world therefore it becomes particularly popular in contemporary Lithuanian aesthetic. [From the publication]

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