Kant''s Critique of Taste - The Feeling of Life

This book explores Kant's compelling vision of our aesthetic and cognitive lives as anchored in experiences of attunement and animation.

List of contents

Introduction: a twofold peculiarity; 1. The art of judgment; 2. Communication and animation in the judgment of taste; 3. Subjectivity and recognition in the judgment of taste; 4. Modes of attunement; 5. Aesthetic liking.

About the author

Katalin Makkai is Professor of Philosophy at Bard College, Berlin. She has published articles on Kant and film, and is the editor of Vertigo (2012).

Summary

This book offers a new interpretation of Kant's aesthetics in the Critique of Judgment that shows its relevance to contemporary debates. It is aimed at philosophers, primarily those interested in Kant or in aesthetics, but it will also interest scholars of art theory, criticism, and cultural theory.

Foreword

This book explores Kant's compelling vision of our aesthetic and cognitive lives as anchored in experiences of attunement and animation.

Product details

• Authors: Katalin Makkai, Makkai Katalin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108708777
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70877-7
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy: aesthetics