Humans are fantastic. Through somaesthetic expressions, such as erotic imaginations, habits, knowledge, pleasure, and fear, we create culture and society, ourselves and others, through time and space, as they create us. In the impressive and ground-breaking new book, Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetic in the Classical Arts of Love, the somaesthetic philosopher and historian, Richard Shusterman, captures the human somaesthetic expressions and movements in time and cultures in all its width, through what he calls Ars Erotica. The Latin term ars erotica relates to the aesthetic pleasures and qualities of understanding, sensibility, grace, skill, and self-mastery that go far beyond the limits of sexual activity. The varieties of erotically fueled edification range from self-knowledge and knowing other persons to a more general knowledge of culture and the world. Attentive discipline in lovemaking promotes observational and ethical skills in discerning the feelings of others; it teaches how to read subtle, unintended sensory signals that indicate a potential lover is reciprocally interested or erotically aroused.

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书评：Ars erotica：古典爱情艺术中的性与身体美学

人类太棒了。通过诸如色情想象、习惯、知识、快乐和恐惧之类的躯体表达，我们创造了文化和社会，我们自己和他人，通过时间和空间，因为它们创造了我们。在令人印象深刻且具有开创性的新书Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetic in the Classical Arts of Love 中，身体美学哲学家和历史学家理查德舒斯特曼捕捉了时间和文化中人类身体美学的表达和运动，通过什么他称之为Ars Erotica。拉丁术语ars erotica与审美愉悦和理解、感性、优雅、技能和自我掌控等品质有关，这些品质远远超出了性活动的限制。各种以色情为燃料的教育范围从自我知识和了解他人到对文化和世界的更一般知识。做爱时的细心纪律促进了观察他人感受的观察力和道德技巧；它教你如何解读微妙的、无意的感官信号，这些信号表明潜在的情人是相互感兴趣的或情欲激起的。