Overview
- Makes a compelling argument that aesthetics revolve around not only the experience of the beautiful, but also knowledge and morality, and thus has implications for politics
- Provides a unique reading of the analytic and historical connection between early German Romanticism and early Frankfurt School Critical Theory
- Traces shared political commitments and philosophical concerns of thinkers such as Kant, Schiller, Hölderlin, Schlegel, Benjamin, and Adorno
Part of the book series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose (POPHPUPU)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book develops a philosophy of aesthetic experience through two socially significant philosophical movements: early German Romanticism and early critical theory. In examining the relationship between these two closely intertwined movements, we see that aesthetic experience is not merely a passive response to art—it is the capacity to cultivate true personal autonomy, and to critique the social and political context of our lives. Art is political for these thinkers, not only when it paints a picture of society, but even more when it makes us aware of our deeply ingrained forms of experience in a transformative way. Ultimately, the book argues that we have to think of art as a form of truth that is not reducible to communicative rationality or scientific knowledge, and from which philosophy and politics can learn valuable lessons.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Nathan Ross is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma City University. His first book, On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy, was published in 2008. He has published essays in Philosophy Today, The Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, and Epoché, and an edited volume on the aesthetic philosophies of Benjamin and Adorno.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Philosophy and Politics of Aesthetic Experience
Book Subtitle: German Romanticism and Critical Theory
Authors: Nathan Ross
Series Title: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52304-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52303-3Published: 18 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84870-9Published: 08 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52304-0Published: 07 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2524-714X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7158
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 253
Topics: Political Theory, Political Communication, Aesthetics, Fine Arts, Critical Theory, German Idealism