The Philosophy and Politics of Aesthetic Experience

German Romanticism and Critical Theory

By:

Nathan Ross

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Hardback

Series:

Political Philosophy and Public Purpose

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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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

April 18th, 2017

Author

Nathan Ross

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2017

Illustrations

XV, 253 p.

Pages

253

Series

Political Philosophy and Public Purpose

Dimensions

148x210x16

ISBN-13

9783319523033

Product ID

26748754

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