To refer to or to cite this work, please use the citation to the published version: Wilfried van Damme (2010). Ernst Grosse and the "Ethnological Method" in Art Theory. Philosophy and Literature (34/2): Abstract: Intercultural and interdisciplinary approaches are today rightfully heralded as the most promising ways forward in the theoretical study of art and aesthetics. But that does not mean such approaches have not been considered before. In the late nineteenth century, the philosopher Ernst

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... rosse did just that, encapsulating his proposals in what he called the "ethnological method." Moreover, he identified a series of predecessors who had either applied a cross-cultural perspective or drawn on various disciplines in examining art and aesthetics. This paper brings to light a