Cascales, Raquel: Habitar el mundo. Una invitación a la estética de lo cotidiano

Should we save bees or bears? Should you repair the sofa or buy a new one? Allow construction on the beachfront? These apparently technical decisions conceal a deeper truth: they are shaped by our aesthetic education. We prefer forests to swamps because we perceive them as more beautiful. In a society obsessed with the “aesthetic,” we have lost the tools for genuine aesthetic judgment. In this journey —from the garden to the bedroom, passing through the threshold, the living room, the kitchen, a