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The Aesthetic in Kant

By James Kirwan

The Aesthetic in Kant Philosophy

The Aesthetic in Kant

By James Kirwan

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Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment is widely held to be the seminal work of modern aesthetics. In recent years it has been the focus of intense interest and debate not only in philosophy but also in literary theory and all disciplines concerned with the aesthetic. The Aesthetic in Kant is a new reading of Kant's problematic text. It draws upon the great volume of recent philosophical work on this classic text and on the context of eighteenth century aesthetics. Kant's work is used as a basis on which to construct a radical alternative to the antinomy of taste - the basic problem of the aesthetic. In Kant's account is a theory of the aesthetic that, far from establishing its 'disinterested' nature, instead makes it symptomatic of what Kant himself describes as the ineradicable human tendency to entertain 'fantastic desires'.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
210
Release Date:
2006-02-22
Publication Date:
2006-02-22
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0826487785
ISBN13:
9780826487780
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
327 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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