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German Aesthetics: Fundamental Concepts from Baumgarten to Adorno by Dr. J. D. Mininger (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)

German Aesthetics provides English-speaking audiences with accessible explanations of fundamental concepts from the German tradition of philosophical aesthetics. Organized with the understanding that aesthetic concepts are often highly contested intellectual territory, and that the usage and meanings of terms often shift within historical, cultural, and political debates, this volume brings together scholars of German literature, philosophy, film studies, musicology, and history to provide informative and creative interpretations of German aesthetics that will be useful to students and scholars alike.

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A vital contribution to the field of philosophical aesthetics and its implications for the study of art, of societies, and of sensual perception; the broad intellectual horizon and elegant reasoning of its entries make it a genuine pleasure to read. * Modern Language Review *
How do we think and judge beyond established rules? The contributions of this volume articulate with great verve the intellectual and political implications of this core question that has been animating German aesthetics since the 18th century. This is an important book for anybody interested in art and its power to imagine alternative modes of thinking, living, and governing. * Andreas Gailus, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, USA *
Taking systematic and historical perspectives, the essays in this volume explore numerous concepts that feature prominently in German aesthetics, such as imagination, mimesis, beauty, the sublime, and irony. Drawing on foundational writings by Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Adorno, the authors cover a wide spectrum of the arts, including literature, music, painting, and film. Readers will also find topics rarely treated elsewhere, such as 'saying/showing' and 'the end of art.' This is an excellent book that will provide Anglophone teachers and students with informed insights into aesthetics from the eighteenth century through the present. * Rolf-Peter Janz, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany *

About Dr. J. D. Mininger (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)

J.D. Mininger is Professor of Philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, and Associate Dean at LCC International University, Lithuania. Jason Michael Peck is Visiting Assistant Professor of German at the University of Rochester, USA.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, J.D. Mininger and Jason Michael Peck IMAGINATION, Jochen Schulte-Sasse (posthumous publication), Emeritus at University of Minnesota, USA JUDGMENT, Vivasvan Soni, Northwestern University, USA BEAUTY, Paul Guyer, Brown University, USA SUBLIME, David Martyn, Macalester College, USA MIMESIS, Christian Sieg, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Germany FEELING: ON WERTHER, Stanley Corngold, Emeritus at Princeton University, USA IRONY, Michel Chaouli, Indiana University, USA LISTENING, Mirko M. Hall, Converse College, USA ETHICS, Jason Michael Peck, University of Rochester, USA ABSOLUTE MUSIC, Sanna Pederson, University of Oklahoma, USA THE END OF ART, Eva Geulen, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, Germany ALLEGORY, J.D. Mininger, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania VALUE, A. Kiarina Kordela, Macalester College, USA GOD IS DEAD, Silke-Maria Weineck, University of Michigan, USA TRAGEDY / TRAUERSPIEL, Ian Balfour, York University, Canada SAYING / SHOWING, Fabian Goppelsroeder, Universitat Potsdam, Germany NOTHINGNESS, Kenneth Haynes, Brown University, USA MESSIANISM, Peter Fenves, Northwestern University, USA MEDIATION / MEDIUM, James A. Steintrager, University of California, Irvine, USA and Rey Chow, Duke University, USA TRUTH, Kai Hammermeister, The Ohio State University, USA UNCANNY, Thomas Pepper, University of Minnesota, USA MOOD / ATTUNEMENT, Dario Gonzalez, University of Copenhagen, Denmark FILM, Johannes von Moltke, University of Michigan, USA MONTAGE / COLLAGE, Patrizia McBride, Cornell University, USA NORMALITY, Jurgen Link, Emeritus at Universitat Dortmund, Germany UGLY, Richard Leppert, University of Minnesota, USA SHUDDER, Karyn Ball, University of Alberta, Canada COMMITTED ART, Andrew Knighton , California State University at Los Angeles, USA

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NLS9781501321474
9781501321474
1501321471
German Aesthetics: Fundamental Concepts from Baumgarten to Adorno by Dr. J. D. Mininger (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2016-09-22
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