Aesthetics of the Familiar

Yuriko Saito explores the nature and significance of the aesthetic dimensions of people''s everyday life. Everyday aesthetics has the recognized value of enriching one''s life experiences and sharpening one''s attentiveness and sensibility. Saito draws out its broader importance for how we make our worlds, environmentally, morally, as citizens and consumers. Saito urges that we have a social respo...