Aesthetics, Art, Liberty, and the Ultimate

Authors

  • Alexandra Gillis Axial Press

Keywords:

Bernard Lonergan, art and religion, aesthetics, self-appropriation

Abstract

Why are art and the aesthetic so vitally important to our liberty, and to the re-creation of liberty in our living? How do they evoke the Ultimate in us? And why is that so important to our modern living? These are the vital questions that moved this author to a three-month personal exploration of aesthetic, artistic and ultimate meaning in its relation to liberty. The article is written pedagogically to lead the reader along the chain of ideas, thoughts and further questions that the author explores in response to her questions.

Author Biography

Alexandra Gillis, Axial Press

Alexandra Gillis has been deeply involved in the work of Bernard Lonergan for twenty-three years. She has written Thinking Woman (2006) and is co-author, with John Benton and Philip McShane, of Introducing Critical Thinking (2005). She currently works as a secondary school teacher in Vancouver, BC.

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Published

2011-08-17

Issue

Vol. 6 (2011): Aesthetics

Section

Articles