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The Philosophy and Politics of Aesthetic Experience: German Romanticism and Critical Theory

The Philosophy and Politics of Aesthetic Experience: German Romanticism and Critical Theory

Hardcover

Series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose

PhilosophyArt Criticism & TheoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 3319523031
ISBN13: 9783319523033
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Apr 18 2017
Pages: 253
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book develops a philosophy of aesthetic experience through two socially significant philosophical movements: early German Romanticism and early critical theory. In examining the relationship between these two closely intertwined movements, we see that aesthetic experience is not merely a passive response to art-it is the capacity to cultivate true personal autonomy, and to critique the social and political context of our lives. Art is political for these thinkers, not only when it paints a picture of society, but even more when it makes us aware of our deeply ingrained forms of experience in a transformative way. Ultimately, the book argues that we have to think of art as a form of truth that is not reducible to communicative rationality or scientific knowledge, and from which philosophy and politics can learn valuable lessons.

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