The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God (Studies in Continental Thought)

by David Farrell Krell (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $48.55

  Shows that German idealist and romantic theories of literature and aesthetic judgment are closer to the heart of metaphysics and ethics than previously thought. This title explores the contributions of Schelling, Holderlin, and others to the aesthetics of tragedy, and charts the fate of the speculative philosophy in terms of the tragic.