Editors
Paloma Atencia-Linares, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia;
Derek Matravers, The Open University
About the journal
Founded in 1960, the British Journal of Aesthetics is highly regarded as an international forum for debate in philosophical aesthetics and the philosophy of art …
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60th Anniversary Virtual Issue
To celebrate this milestone, we present a collection of 12 commentaries on articles from throughout our publication history. Each piece of research has been selected as one which can teach us something about aesthetics and the philosophy of art.
Authenticity and Deception
The new special issue from the British Journal of Aesthetics discusses concepts of authenticity and deception in aesthetic culture.
Read the special issue to explore integrated, multi-dimensional research into works of art and visual culture.
Philosophy of Music
What falls between absolute and program music? Are our experiences of musical space and movement imaginative? Can pure, instrumental music be profound?
Explore key debates on the philosophy of music in the latest thematic issue.
From OUPblog
How pictures can lie
On 9 August 1997, The Mirror printed an edited photo of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed on its front page. The unedited picture reveals a different situation. Did The Mirror lie to its readers?
Explaining Freud’s concept of the uncanny
2019 marks the centenary of the publication of Freud’s essay, “The ‘Uncanny”. Although much has been written on the essay during that time, Freud’s concept of the uncanny is often not well understood. Mark Windsor explores the concept in this recent OUPblog post.
When the movie is not like the book: faithfulness in adaptations
The Publishers Association estimated that movies based on books make 43% more than movies based on original screenplays. However, for moviegoers who have read the source material, there is often the risk of disappointment in going to see such adaptations. What if the film fails to live up to the book?
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Asian Visual Culture
Visual culture has been produced and shaped by Asian communities throughout history. The research gathered together in this collection explores a broad spectrum of artistic forms in and from Asia, including on screen, in paintings, museum collections, and aesthetic design.
Articles are free to access until the end of June 2020.
