Hegel's Political Aesthetics

Art in Modern Society

AvStefan Bird-Pollan,Vladimir Marchenkov

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

What is the role of art in modern society? To what extent are the beautiful and the morally good intertwined? Hegel's Political Aesthetics explores Hegel’s take on these ever-relevant philosophical questions and investigates three key themes: art’s contribution to modern ethical life, the loss of art’s authority in modern ethical life and ways of thinking beyond Hegel’s analysis of art’s role in society. The aesthetic is explored through the lens of German Idealism from Kant to Hegel, ultimately placing ethics and morality at the forefront of this debate. The authors explore Hegel’s take on Kant’s conception by historicizing what it means to be responsible to others, which for Hegel means being free within the norms of society, within what he calls ethical life. As a set of concrete social arrangements designed for finite human beings, however, ethical life falls short of actualizing freedom absolutely. The themes in this volume are motivated by a central ambivalence in Hegel’s thinking about modernity. The question of freedom sits at the forefront of this text, alongside the relation between art and the spirit. This book will be of particular interest to philosophers of aesthetics, politics and ethics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-06-11
Mått:156 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt:520 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350122697

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Stefan Bird-Pollan is Associate Professor in Philosophy, Social Theory and International Film Studies, University of Kentucky, USAVladimir Marchenkov is Professor of Aesthetics and Theory, Ohio University, USA

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Dedicated to exploring art in modern Western society, this excellent volume does indeed both instruct and delight: it instructs with lucid accounts of Hegel’s work on art and will surely delight those seeking a deeper understanding of Hegel’s aesthetic and its enduring relevance.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by the editors, Stefan Bird-Pollan and Vladimir MarchenkovPart I: Art’s Conribution to Modern Ethical LifeChapter 1: Philip T. Grier, “On Art and Community: Intersections of Hegel’s Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion”Chapter 2: Mark Aznauer, “Hegel on Aesthetic Reconciliation” Chapter 3: Timothy L. Brownlee, "Bildung and the Novel in Hegel’s Lectures on Aesthetics"Chapter 4: David Ciavatta, “Beauty as Freedom”Part II: The End of Art and the Loss of Art’s AuthorityChapter 5: John Russon: “Romantic Art and Modernity”Chapter 6: Shannon Hoff: “At Home and Homeless in the Human World: Art and Freedom in Hegel’s Aesthetics”Chapter 7: Olga Lyanda-Geller, “Hegel’s Symbol and Symbolic Art: Revisiting Ambiguity?” Part III: Ways of Thinking Beyond Hegel’s Analysis of Art’s Role in SocietyChapter 8: Kathleen Eamon, “Super/Sensible Remains in Art and Politics: Hegel and Jacob Lawrence's The Migration Series.”Chapter 9: Vladimir Marchenkov, “The Dialectic of Morality and Art in Hegel’s Aesthetics”Chapter 10: Stefan Bird-Pollan, “Overcoming the End of Art Thesis; the Case for Film” Chapter 11: Georg Bertram, “Hegel’s Conception of Modern Art – A Re-actualization”