Sublime in Schopenhauer''s Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Bart Vandenabeele is the Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at Ghent University, Belgium. He has written extensively on 18th- and 19th-century philosophy, the history of aesthetics, the philosophy of art, and the philosophy of language and communication. Vandenabeele is the editor of A Companion to Schopenhauer (2012) and a member of the international advisory board of the Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft. Klappentext The Sublime in Schopenhauer's Philosophy transforms our understanding of Schopenhauer's aesthetics and anthropology. Vandenabeele seeks ultimately to rework Schopenhauer's theory into a viable form so as to establish the sublime as a distinctive aesthetic category with a broader existential and metaphysical significance. Zusammenfassung The Sublime in Schopenhauer's Philosophy transforms our understanding of Schopenhauer's aesthetics and anthropology. Vandenabeele seeks ultimately to rework Schopenhauer's theory into a viable form so as to establish the sublime as a distinctive aesthetic category with a broader existential and metaphysical significance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I: AESTHETIC CONTEMPLATION 1. Pessimism, Aesthetic Experience, and Genius 2. Sensory Perception and Aesthetic Contemplation PART II: THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE SUBLIME 3. The Aesthetics of the Beautiful 4. The Aesthetics of the Sublime 5. A Psychological Alternative to Schopenhauer's Theory of the Sublime PART III: VALUES OF THE SUBLIME 6. Tragedy, Ethics, and the Sublime 7. The Existential and Metaphysical Value of the Sublime Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Bart Vandenabeele
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2015
• EAN: 9781137358684
• ISBN: 978-1-137-35868-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind, Anthropology, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Metaphysics, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy and social sciences