The Aesthetic Value in Social Education. Eric R. Kandel and the Habit of Looking

Abstract

This paper intends to deepen Eric R. Kandel’s thought on the theme of the aesthetic gaze and the artistic habit. Through neurology Kandel demonstrates that the brain is enriched thanks to the aesthetic habit and can create new logical connectors. The implication is also social because this habit of looking aesthetically can produce new and supportive forms of coexistence. Aesthetics can influence everyone’s ethical practices, and this is why, according to Kandel, the possibility of using them should be widened.