To talk, as I am here, about the aesthetic pleasures of scholarly writing is surely a fool’s game. After all, we know that much academic writing is at best intelligible and at worst unreadable. To ...

The field of aesthetics is concerned with the nature of beauty and art, along with the creation and appreciation of beauty. Aesthetic experiences can include artworks but also breathtaking landscapes, ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shane O'Neill of The Washington Post about the word "aesthetic" and its evolution from art criticism and design theory to online speak and the White House.