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The German Aesthetic Tradition
By Kai Hammermeister
273 pages
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- Cambridge University Press
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- Cambridge, England
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Synopsis
This is the only available systematic critical overview of German aesthetics from 1750 to the present. The book begins with the work of Baumgarten and covers all the major writers on German aesthetics that follow: Kant, Schiller, Schelling, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer and Adorno. It offers a clear and non-technical exposition of ideas, placing these in a wider philosophical context where necessary. Interest in this book extends far beyond the discipline of philosophy to those of literary ...
This is the only available systematic critical overview of German aesthetics from 1750 to the present. The book begins with the work of Baumgarten and covers all the major writers on German aesthetics that follow: Kant, Schiller, Schelling, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer and Adorno. It offers a clear and non-technical exposition of ideas, placing these in a wider philosophical context where necessary. Interest in this book extends far beyond the discipline of philosophy to those of literary studies, fine art and music.
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Table of contents
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- The German Aesthetic Tradition *
- Title Page *
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- The German Aesthetic Tradition *
- Part I - The Age of Paradigms 1
- 1 - Baumgarten, Mendelssohn 3
- 2 - Kant 21
- 3 - Schiller 42
- 4 - Schelling 62
- 5 - Hegel 87
- Part II - Challenging the Paradigms 109
- 6 - Schopenhauer 111
- 7 - Kierkegaard, Nietzsche 128
- Part III - Renewing the Paradigms 151
- 8 - Cassirer, Lukács 153
- The German Aesthetic Tradition *
- Title Page *
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- The German Aesthetic Tradition *
- Part I - The Age of Paradigms 1
- 1 - Baumgarten, Mendelssohn 3
- 2 - Kant 21
- 3 - Schiller 42
- 4 - Schelling 62
- 5 - Hegel 87
- Part II - Challenging the Paradigms 109
- 6 - Schopenhauer 111
- 7 - Kierkegaard, Nietzsche 128
- Part III - Renewing the Paradigms 151
- 8 - Cassirer, Lukács 153
- 9 - Heidegger, Gadamer 173
- 10 - Adorno 194
- Conclusion 213
- Notes 217
- Bibliography 245
- Index 257