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Beyond Autonomy in Eighteenth-Century British and German Aesthetics by Karl Axelsson; Camilla Flodin; Mattias Pirholt is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This volume re-examines traditional interpretations of the rise of modern aesthetics in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. It provides a new account that connects aesthetic experience with morality, science, and political society. In doing so, it challenges long-standing teleological narratives that emphasize disinterestedness and the separation of aesthetics from moral, cognitive, and political interests.The chapters are divided into three thematic parts. The chapters in Part I demonstrate the heteronomy of eighteenth-century British aesthetics. They chart the evolution of aesthetic concepts and discuss the ethical and political significance of the aesthetic theories of several key figures: namely, the third Earl of Shaftesbury, David Hume, and Adam Smith. Part II explores the ways in which eighteenth-century German, and German-oriented, thinkers examine aesthetic experience and moral concerns, and relate to the work of their British counterparts. The chapters here cover the work of Kant, Moses Mendelssohn, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, and Madame de Staël. Finally, Part III explores the interrelation of science, aesthetics, and a new model of society in the work of Goethe,
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- Author
- Karl Axelsson; Camilla Flodin; Mattias Pirholt
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781000077261
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, History, Literary Criticism
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