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Novalis and the Poeticization of the World

Novalis and the Poeticization of the World

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Philosophy

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ISBN13: 9798235950191
Publisher: Colloquium Verlag
Pages: 234
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Writing in the explosive intellectual pressure-cooker of Early German Romanticism (Frühromantik) centered in Jena, Novalis did not propose a reactionary flight into medieval nostalgia or a naive rejection of modern rationality. Instead, he articulated a radical, forward-looking epistemological and ontological program designed to restore qualitative depth to human experience: the poeticization of the world (Die Poetisierung or Romantisierung der Welt). To understand Novalis is to recognize that for him, poeticization was never a mere stylistic embellishment, a decorative literary exercise, or an aesthetic refuge from harsh empirical realities. It was an urgent philosophical imperative, a revolutionary mode of knowing, and an ontology of infinite relationality aimed at transforming consciousness itself. This monograph provides a comprehensive, systematic exploration of Novalis's visionary project across twenty-one substantive chapters, tracing the genesis, development, and enduring legacy of his thought. The book is structured to guide the reader through the multi-faceted dimensions of Novalis's intellectual universe, moving methodically from his foundational philosophical inquiries to his contributions in natural science, literature, politics, and reception history.

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