The Different Types and Values of Beauty
Channel: Latest Thinking
Date: 2019-12-05

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Are there different types of beauty? In this video, WINFRIED MENNINGHAUS investigates the meanings of and values inherent in four categories of subject appeal, namely beauty, elegance, grace, and sexiness. 
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Adopting a bottom-up approach which foregrounds individual beliefs over theoretical assumptions, Menninghaus finds that elegance, grace, and sexiness are sub-variants of the broader notion of beauty.
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Among its many insights, the work explores why persons of outstanding beauty are perceived as self-centered while, by contrast, elegance is associated with positive social virtues.

Who is Winfried Menninghaus?
https://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/institut/mitarbeiterinnen/winfried-menninghaus.html

This LT Publication is divided into the following chapters:

0:00 Question
1:01 Method
2:54 Findings
7:37 Relevance
8:54 Outlook