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THE TRAGIC ABSOLUTE
GERMAN IDEALISM AND THE LANGUISHING OF GOD |
| By: |
David Farrell Krell |
| Format: |
Book |
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£27.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253217539 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253217530 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 September, 2005 |
| Series: |
Studies in Continental Thought |
| Pages: |
496 |
| Description: |
Shows that German idealist and romantic theories of literature and aesthetic judgment are closer to the heart of metaphysics and ethics than previously thought. This title explores the contributions of Schelling, Holderlin, and others to the aesthetics of tragedy, and charts the fate of the speculative philosophy in terms of the tragic. |
| Synopsis: |
This is vintage Krell-he is as always, a reader in the best sense of the word...." -Dennis J. SchmidtKrell is a strong and often eloquent writer... I regard this to be one of his most important works...." -Jason M. WirthIn The Tragic Absolute, David Farrell Krell shows that German Idealist and Romantic theories of literature and aesthetic judgment, especially when it comes to tragedy, are closer to the heart of metaphysics and ethics than previously thought. Krell not only explores the contributions of Schelling, Holderlin, Novalis, Hegel, and Nietzsche to the aesthetics of tragedy, he also charts the fate of the absolute and speculative philosophy in terms of the tragic. Krell explodes the usual conception that aesthetic judgments about literary genres are relatively marginal subjects for philosophy. Indeed, in Krell's view, even God himself, the very absolute of traditional metaphysics, is seen as languishing and condemned to tragic downfall. Questions concerning the death of God, the role of trauma and forgetting in narrative, the overcoming of barriers between humans and other living beings, and the role of music and rhythm as sources of ecstasy are highlighted in this keen, precise, and lively book. |
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US |
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Indiana University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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