The German Aesthetic Tradition

This book, first published in 2002, is a systematic overview of German aesthetics from 1750 to the present.

Kai Hammermeister (Author)

9780521785549, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 October 2002

280 pages
21.5 x 16.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg

'… will serve as a valuable introduction to central aspects of nineteenth-century art and thought.' Art Newspaper

This book, first published in 2002, is a systematic critical overview of German aesthetics from 1750 to the present. It begins with the work of Baumgarten and covers all the major writers on German aesthetics that follow, including Kant, Schiller, Schelling, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer and Adorno. The book offers a clear and non-technical exposition of ideas, placing these in a wider philosophical context where necessary. Such is the importance of German aesthetics that the market for this book will extend far beyond the domain of philosophy to such fields as literary studies, fine art and music.

Preface
Part I. The Age of Paradigms: 1. Baumgarten, Mendelssohn
2. Kant
3. Schiller
4. Schelling
5. Hegel
Part II. Challenging the Paradigms: 6. Schopenhauer
7. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche
Part III. Renewing the Paradigms: 8. Cassirer, Lukács
9. Heidegger, Gadamer
10. Adorno
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy: aesthetics [HPN]