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The Idea of Form - Rethinking Kant's Aesthetics (Hardcover)
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The Idea of Form - Rethinking Kant's Aesthetics (Hardcover)
Series: Cultural Memory in the Present
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Against the assumption that aesthetic form relates to a harmonious
arrangement of parts into a beautiful whole, this book argues that
reason is the real theme of the "Critique of Judgment" as of the
two earlier "Critiques." Since aesthetic judgment of the beautiful
becomes possible only when the mind is confronted with things of
nature, for which no determined concepts of understanding are
available, aesthetic judgment is involved in an epistemological or,
rather, para-epistemological task.
The predicate "beautiful" indicates that something has minimal form
and is cognizable. This book explores this concept of form, in
particular the role of presentation ("Darstellung") in what Kant
refers to as "mere form," which involves not only the
understanding, but also reason as the faculty of ideas. Such a
notion of form reveals why the beautiful can be related to the
morally good. On the basis of this reinterpreted concept of form,
most major concepts and themes of the "Critique of Judgment"--such
as disinterestedness, free play, the sublime, genius, and beautiful
arts--are examined by the author and shown in a new light.
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