Herder's Naturalist Aesthetics
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- Author: Rachel Zuckert, Northwestern University, Illinois
- Date Published: January 2021
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In this book, Rachel Zuckert provides the first overarching account of Johann Gottfried Herder's complex aesthetic theory. She guides the reader through Herder's texts, showing how they relate to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European philosophy of art, and focusing on two main concepts: aesthetic naturalism, the view that art is natural to and naturally valuable for human beings as organic, embodied beings, and - unusually for Herder's time - aesthetic pluralism, the view that aesthetic value takes many diverse and culturally varying forms. Zuckert argues that Herder's theory plays a pivotal role in the history of philosophical aesthetics, marking the transition from the eighteenth-century focus on aesthetic value as grounded in human nature to the nineteenth-century focus on art as socially significant and historically variable. Her study illuminates Herder's significance as an innovative thinker in aesthetics, and will interest a range of readers in philosophy of art and European thought.
Read more- Offers the first full-length exploration of Herder's significant contribution to the philosophy of aesthetics
- Provides a naturalist interpretation of his work, examining his theory in the context of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European philosophy of art
- Includes discussion of specific texts to enable readers to better understand Herder's innovative approach to aesthetic theory
Awards
- Winner, 2020 Outstanding Monograph Prize, American Society for Aesthetics
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- Date Published: January 2021
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108716352
- length: 278 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 151 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.421kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Herder's Aesthetics:
1. Herder's philosophical naturalism
2. Synthesis and critique of eighteenth-century aesthetics
3. Aesthetics of the senses
4. Aesthetics of expression: coda cultural variation and taste
Part II. Explorations:
5. The problem of the sublime
6. Sculpture and touch
7. Aesthetics and (in)authenticity: Herder's reputation of Ossian
Conclusion.
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