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This revised and re-written text offers a detailed, but accessible account of the German philosophical tradition of thinking about art and the self. It looks at recent historical research and contemporary arguments in philosophy and theory in the humanities, following the path of German philosophy from Kant, via Fichte and Holderlin, the early Romantics, Schelling, Hegel, Scleimacher to Nietzsche. The text develops approaches to subjectivity, aesthetics, music and language in relation to new theoretical developments bridging the divide between the continental and analytical traditions of philosophy.

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Author:   Andrew Bowie ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780719057380

ISBN 10:   0719057388
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   17 April 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Aesthetics and modernity Aesthetics and 'post-modernity' 1. Modern Philosophy and the Emergence of Aesthetic Theory: Kant Self-consciousness, knowledge and freedom The unification of nature The purpose of beauty The limits of beauty 2. German Idealism and Early German Romanticism Thinking the Infinite A 'new mythology' 3. Reflections on the Subject: Fichte, Holderlin and Novalis Self and Other Fichte Holderlin Novalis 4. Schelling: Art and the 'Organ of Philosophy' Nature and philosophy The development of consciousness Intuition and concept The 'organ of philosophy' Mythology, art and modernity Mythology, language and being 5. Hegel: the beginning of Aesthetic Theory and the end of Art Which Hegel? Self-recognition Music and the Idea Language, consciousness and being The Idea as sensuous appearance The prose of the modern world Philosophy and art after Hegel 6. Schleiermacher: Art and Interpretation Linguistic The 'art of disagreement' Immediate self-consciousness Art as free production: 'individual' and 'identical' activity Hemeneutics as art Literature and the 'musical' 7. Music, Language and Literature Language and music Hegel and Romanticism: music, logos, and feeling The 'presence' of music 'Infinite reflection' and music 8. Nietzsche and the Fate of Romantic Thought The Old and the New Nietzsches Schopenhauer: Music as Metaphysics Marx, mythology, and art Art, myth, and music in 'The Birth of Tragedy' Myth, music, and language The illusion of truth Music and metaphysics Aesthetics , 'interpretation', and subjectivity Conclusion The so-called 'Oldest System Programme of German Idealism' References -- .

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Andrew Bowie is Chair of German at Royal Holloway University of London

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