The German Aesthetic Tradition

The German Aesthetic Tradition

by Hammermeister (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 280
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 17 Oct 2002

ISBN 10: 0521785545
ISBN 13: 9780521785549
Book Overview: This book, first published in 2002, is a systematic overview of German aesthetics from 1750 to the present.

Media Reviews
'... will serve as a valuable introduction to central aspects of nineteenth-century art and thought.' Art Newspaper
This is a timely, useful, and compelling synthesis of important themes in German philosophical aesthetic thought. Recommended. -Choice
What Hammermeister inevitably achieves in this compact, yet wonderfully rich, book is much more than a scholarly overview of an important and difficult historical tradition in aesthetic philosophy. -Philosophy and Literature