Abstract

The article argues that Dewey's _Art as Experience_ is one of just four foundational texts in Western aesthetics, which break down into two oppositions: Plato's _Republic_ versus Aristotle's _Poetics_ and Kant's _Critique of Judgment_ versus _Art as Experience_. It points out that Dewey's book, after decades of neglect, has helped give rise to a number of rich aesthetic subdisciplines, including everyday aesthetics, environmental aesthetics, somaesthetics, and political aesthetics.