ABSTRACT
To make the case for care aesthetics, the first part of the book examines the two component parts of the concept. Chapter 1 explores the history of aesthetics to make a claim that inter-human relations might be understood aesthetically. This requires challenging certain orientations in aesthetic theory, and an endorsement of an approach that asserts that aesthetics is about embodied sensory experience. Rather than an individual, visual evaluation of art, the aesthetics in care aesthetics endorses the idea that human relations can involve sensory experiences that should be valued for their quality and craft. Aesthetic experiences involve the activation of human senses as people engage with each other, share lives, and cooperate in each other's care.
