Publications

In English

Aesthetics in the Human Environment (Eds. von Bonsdorff, Pauline & Arto Haapala) 1999

This collection of essays expands the scope of aesthetics to include areas of human life which lie outside the traditional core domains of aesthetics. In this way it illuminates various philosophically neglected dimensions and phenomena of everyday life through aesthetic thinking.

 

Art and Beyond – Finnish Approaches to Aesthetics (Eds. Naukkarinen, Ossi & Olli Immonen) 1995

The purpose of this volume is to present Finnish aesthetics to international readers. Art and Beyond combines two approaches to Finnish aesthetics. It begins with two general presentations, the first on the history of aesthetics in Finland and the second on the field's current status. The rest of the book consists of articles by Finnish aestheticians and others who have dealt with the subject matter of aesthetics.

 

The Human Habitat – Aesthetic and Axiological Perspectives (by von Bonsdorff, Pauline) 1998

The Human Habitat investigates qualities of the environment from a philosophical standpoint, mainly drawing on aesthetic thinking and phenomenology. The author argues that when life takes place and makes places, unplanned influences are as important as conscious efforts and that in environmental aesthetics the everyday should be treated seriously.

The City as Cultural Metaphor (Ed. Haapala, Arto) 1998
Articles in the collection show how the urban milieu and metaphor are intertwined together both at theoretical and practical levels. The collection gives a fresh and many-sided picture to the problems we are dealing with daily when living in an urban environment.

 

Aesthetics of the Unavoidable – Aesthetic Variations in Human Appearance (by Naukkarinen, Ossi) 1998

Aesthetics of the Unavoidable provides tools for understanding and structuring the complex field of the aesthetics of normal, daily life. It provides means to structure the contemporary discussion about the aestheticization of everyday life. The book concentrates primarily on human appearance and how it is dealt with through different types of aesthetics.

 

In Finnish

Ympäristö täynnä tarinoita ("Environment Thick With Stories", eds. Haapala, Arto & Virpi Kaukio) 2008

Paradokseja paratiisissa("Paradoxes in Paradise", eds. Haapala, Arto & Mia Kunnaskari) 2006

Mobiiliestetiikka - Kirjoituksia liikkeen ja liikkumisen kulttuurista (”Mobile Aesthetics - Writings on the Culture of Motion and Movement”, eds. Naukkarinen, Ossi & Arto Haapala) 2006

Mäkihypyn muoto-oppi ja muita kirjoituksia populaaritaiteista ("Morphology of Ski Jumping and other Writings on the Popular Arts" eds. Immonen, Olli and Mykkänen, Jouko) 1995

Maiseman arvo(s)tus("Evaluation of Landscape" eds. Häyrynen, Matti & Olli Immonen) 1997

Ympäristöestetiikan polkuja ("Pathways in Environmental Aesthetics", ed. von Bonsdorff, Pauline) 1996