Judith-Frederike Popp | FWF ESPRIT

The research project explores the linkage of aesthetic and ethical questions. It investigates the extent to which aesthetic processes fundamentally formulate normative claims. The hypothesis here is: These processes are driven by human actions and thus are found in the field of tension between ideal conceptions and actual realizations. In order to concretize this thought, artistic and design perspectives are examined in terms of their ideals and claims for creativity, authenticity or intensity. Particular attention is paid to the question of the status accorded to productive and receptive agents in these aesthetic processes. In this way, it is determined to what extent aesthetic practices are accompanied by claims to exceptionality, but also to mediation between ordinary and exceptional aspects. The question of the relevance of art, design and other aesthetic phenomena is an integral part of philosophical discourse. In this context, there is also a discussion about the extent to which these phenomena are indispensable for ethical claims to an individually successful life and interpersonal togetherness. 

We wish her all the best for the start of the project.