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The Kantian sublime and the revelation of freedom /
In this book Robert R. Clewis shows how certain crucial concepts in Kant's aesthetics and practical philosophy - the sublime, enthusiasm, freedom, empirical and intellectual interests, the idea of a republic - fit together and deepen our understanding of Kant's philosophy. He examines the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The observations and the remarks. The observations ; Forms of the sublime, and the grotesque ; Virtue ; The remarks : history and background ; Four senses of freedom ; Enthusiasm : the passion of the sublime
- 2. The judgment of the sublime. Preliminary issues ; The mathematical and the dynamical sublime ; A third kind : the moral sublime ; Dependent and free sublimity ; The monstrous and the colossal ; Sublimity elicited by art
- 3. Moral feeling and the sublime. The moral feeling of respect ; Sublimity as presupposing freedom ; Sublimity as supporting morality
- 4. Various senses of interest and disinterestedness. Interest ; First-order and second-order interests ; Empirical and morally based interests
- 5. Aesthetic enthusiasm. Enthusiasm in the corpus ; Affect ; Enthusiasm as morally ambiguous ; Enthusiasm as an aesthetic feeling of sublimity ; "Without enthusiasm nothing great can be accomplished" ; Conclusion: Kantian enthusiasm and the revelation of freedom
- 6. Enthusiasm for the idea of a republic. The charge against Kant ; Means and ends ; Freedom and the idea of a republic ; The consistency of Kant's position
- 7. Conclusion. Summary ; Sublimity's basis in freedom ; The transition to freedom
- Appendix 1: On the remarks
- Appendix 2: Some features of the feelings discussed in this book
- Appendix 3: Classification of what elicits sublimity.