Aísthêsis es vida: Una aproximación “estética prosaica” a la escatología ante las primeras amenazas de prevalencia de la Ciudad de México

Abstract

The article explores the connection between aesthetics and life by examining the “prosaic” “aesthetics” of feces and “scatology” (σκατός), as well as “eschatology” (ἔσχατος) related to “last things".

Through “phenomenology”, “poetics”, engineering design, and psychoanalysis, the article aims to demonstrate how “prosaic aesthetics” reveal the “sensitivity” (αἴσθησις) of Mexico City's inhabitants from the Spanish conquest to the threats of the city's prevalence.

The phenomenological foundation of “poetic aesthetics” and “prosaic aesthetics” are initially established in the text. The article presents the precursors of the poetics of the “Spanish Golden Age” and the applications of the poétique de l'espace and the poétique de la merde. The article also explores the foundations, “registers”, and “modalities” of “Prosaic Aesthetics” or “Everyday Aesthetics”. From these perspectives, the article analyzes the sensitivity acquired by inhabitants of Mexico City. It concludes with a reflection on the aesthetic implications of life in the city.