Force by Christoph Menke
This book reconceives modern aesthetics by reconstructing its genesis in the eighteenth century, between Baumgarten's Aesthetics and Kant's Critique of Judgment.
"Continental philosophers working in the area of aesthetics will find this book to be of great interestMenke's study is brief, but compelling and highly learned-- a welcome addition to the scholarship. . Recommended." -Choice "Force is an outstanding study of the philosophical, ethical and political underpinnings of modern aesthetics and an important and original contribution to contemporary debates about the fate of modernity, philosophy, and the arts." -- -Paola Marrati The Johns Hopkins University "Menke forcefully makes the point that with the emergence of aesthetics in the eighteenth century, philosophy, and its understanding of itself, underwent a radical change." -- -Rodolphe Gasche University of Buffalo, SUNY
Christoph Menke is Professor of Philosophy at the Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt-am-Main. Among his previous appointments has been a stint at the New School. Gerrit Jackson studied literature, philosophy, and art history in Berlin and New York. He is a translator and lives in Berlin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823249732 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823249735 |
| Title | Force |
| Author | Christoph Menke |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fordham University Press |
| Year published | 2012-12-10 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
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