The Practices of the Enlightenment
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-17246-2 (ISBN)
Rereading canonical works and lesser-known texts by Goethe, Lessing, and Herder, the book challenges common narratives recounting the rise of empiricist philosophy, the idea of the "sensible" individual, and the notion of the modern author as celebrity, bringing new perspective to the Enlightenment concepts of instinct, drive, genius, and the public sphere.
Dorothea E. von Mucke is professor of German and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She is the author of Virtue and the Veil of Illusion: Generic Innovation and the Pedagogical Project and The Seduction of the Occult and the Rise of the Fantastic Tale. Her coedited books include Body and Text in the Eighteenth Century and A New History of German Literature.
Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. The Birth of Aesthetics, the Ends of Teleology, and the Rise of Genius 1. The Surprising Origins of Enlightenment Aesthetics 2. Disinterested Interest: The Human Animal's Lack of Instinct 3. Beautiful, not Intelligent Design 4. Enlightenment Discourses on Original Genius 5. "Where Nature Gives the Rule to Art" 6. The Strasbourg Cathedral: Edification and Theophany Conclusion Part Two. Confessional Discourse, Autobiography, and Authorship 7. Pietism 8. Rousseau 9. Goethe: From the "Confessions of a Beautiful Soul" to Poetry and Truth Part Three. Imagined Communities and the Mobilization of a Critical Public 10. Patriotic Invocations of the Public 11. Real and Virtual Audiences in Herder's Concept of the Modern Public 12. Mobilizing a Critical Public Notes Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.6.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts |
Zusatzinfo | <B>13 illustrations</B> |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum | |
ISBN-10 | 0-231-17246-X / 023117246X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-17246-2 / 9780231172462 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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