The central claim of this comparative study of Kant and Kierkegaard
is that the aesthetic experience of the sublime is both autonomous
and formative for extra-aesthetic ends. Aesthetic autonomy is thus
inseparable from aesthetic heteronomy. In Part I, through an
examination of Kant’s Critique of Judgement and his essays on the
French Revolution, the Kantian sublime is shown to conflict with
our existing cognitive, moral and political frames of meaning, at
the same time that the engagement of the aesthetic judge (Chapter
1) or the enthusiastic spectator (Chapter 2) with this conflict
furthers our pursuit of cognitive, moral and political ends. The
Kantian sublime is built on the autonomy of aesthetic judgement,
which nevertheless has non-aesthetic value. Part II argues that
certain aesthetic and ethical-religious figures in Kierkegaard’s
work can be shown to be transfigurations of the Kantian sublime,
despite the absence of the term. Antigone and the silhouettes from
Either/Or embody what I coin the tragic sublime and sublime grief.
The God-man in Practice in Christianity is interpreted as a sublime
image of contradiction. The figures are submitted to aesthetic
representation, while their contradictory interior lives are
unrepresentable. The Kierkegaardian sublime is built on a radical
critique of aesthetic autonomy, whose failure serves the end of
ethico-religious self-formation.
General
| Imprint: |
De Gruyter
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Series: |
Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Samuel Cuff Snow
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| Dimensions: |
230 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
290 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-11-116943-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
3-11-116943-X |
| Barcode: |
9783111169439 |
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