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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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