Kaiser, David Aram.
Romanticism, Aesthetics, and Nationalism. - 1 online resource (173 pages) - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism ; v.34 . - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism .
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- THE PROBLEM OF AESTHETIC INDETERMINACY -- SCOPE AND TRAJECTORY -- MOTIVATIONS -- CHAPTER 1 Modernity, subjectivity, liberalism, and nationalism -- THE POLITICS OF ROMANTICISM -- SUBJECTIVITY AND THE CRISES OF MODERNITY -- THE LIBERAL STATE AND THE CULTURAL NATION -- LIBERALISM AND NATIONALISM IN ENGLAND AND GERMANY -- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES -- CHAPTER 2 The symbol and the aesthetic sphere -- THE LITERARY SYMBOL -- THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND OF THE SYMBOL -- THE THEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF THE SYMBOL -- THE AUTONOMY OF THE SYMBOL -- THE SYMBOL AND THE AESTHETIC SPHERE -- CHAPTER 3 Schiller's aesthetic state -- THE POLITICS OF AESTHETIC AUTONOMY -- THE PROJECT OF THE "AESTHETIC LETTERS -- AESTHETIC AND SUBJECTIVE AUTONOMY -- UNIVERSALITY, DIVERSITY, AND AESTHETIC STATISM -- THE POLITICAL AND AESTHETIC STATE -- CHAPTER 4 Symbol, state, and Clerisy: the aesthetic politics of Coleridge -- THE PROJECT OF ''CHURCH AND STATE'' -- THE ADAPTIVE IDEA OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LOGIC OF THE SYMBOL -- THE CLERISY AND NATIONAL CULTURE -- CHAPTER 5 The best self and the private self: Matthew Arnold on culture and the state -- ARNOLD AND COMMON CULTURE -- MILL AND ARNOLD -- CULTURE AND THE STATE -- THE TOUCHSTONES: TRADITION AND CULTURE -- CHAPTER 6 Aesthetic kingship and queenship: Ruskin on the state and the home -- BEAUTY, TYPES, AND MORAL MEANING -- AESTHETIC LABOR AND SOCIETY -- KINGS' TREASURIES -- QUEENS' GARDENS -- SUBJECTIVITY, GENDER, AND SOCIETY -- CHAPTER 7 The aesthetic and political spheres in contemporary theory: Adorno and Habermas -- THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY IN "DIALECTIC OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- UNRECONCILED AESTHETIC RECONCILIATION -- THE SEPARATION OF SUBJECTIVE AND AESTHETIC AUTONOMY. COMMUNICATIVE REASON, THE PUBLIC SPHERE, AND THE BILDUNG TRADITION -- COMMUNICATIVE ACTION AND THE AESTHETIC SPHERE -- THE AESTHETIC SPHERE AND COMMUNICATIVE ACTION -- A POSTMETAPHYSICAL AESTHETICS -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 MODERNITY, SUBJECTIVITY, LIBERALISM, AND NATIONALISM -- 2 THE SYMBOL AND THE AESTHETIC SPHERE -- 3 SCHILLER'S AESTHETIC STATE -- 4 SYMBOL, STATE, AND CLERISY: THE AESTHETIC POLITICS OF COLERIDGE -- 5 THE BEST SELF AND THE PRIVATE SELF: MATTHEW ARNOLD ON CULTURE AND THE STATE -- 6 AESTHETIC KINGSHIP AND QUEENSHIP: RUSKIN ON THE STATE AND THE HOME -- 7 THE AESTHETIC AND POLITICAL SPHERES IN CONTEMPORARY THEORY: ADORNO AND HABERMAS -- Index.
This ambitious study, first published in 1999, explores connections between aesthetics and politics from Romanticism to the twentieth century.
9780511149597
Literature--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PN49 .K2512 1999
820.9145
Romanticism, Aesthetics, and Nationalism. - 1 online resource (173 pages) - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism ; v.34 . - Cambridge Studies in Romanticism .
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- THE PROBLEM OF AESTHETIC INDETERMINACY -- SCOPE AND TRAJECTORY -- MOTIVATIONS -- CHAPTER 1 Modernity, subjectivity, liberalism, and nationalism -- THE POLITICS OF ROMANTICISM -- SUBJECTIVITY AND THE CRISES OF MODERNITY -- THE LIBERAL STATE AND THE CULTURAL NATION -- LIBERALISM AND NATIONALISM IN ENGLAND AND GERMANY -- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES -- CHAPTER 2 The symbol and the aesthetic sphere -- THE LITERARY SYMBOL -- THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND OF THE SYMBOL -- THE THEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF THE SYMBOL -- THE AUTONOMY OF THE SYMBOL -- THE SYMBOL AND THE AESTHETIC SPHERE -- CHAPTER 3 Schiller's aesthetic state -- THE POLITICS OF AESTHETIC AUTONOMY -- THE PROJECT OF THE "AESTHETIC LETTERS -- AESTHETIC AND SUBJECTIVE AUTONOMY -- UNIVERSALITY, DIVERSITY, AND AESTHETIC STATISM -- THE POLITICAL AND AESTHETIC STATE -- CHAPTER 4 Symbol, state, and Clerisy: the aesthetic politics of Coleridge -- THE PROJECT OF ''CHURCH AND STATE'' -- THE ADAPTIVE IDEA OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LOGIC OF THE SYMBOL -- THE CLERISY AND NATIONAL CULTURE -- CHAPTER 5 The best self and the private self: Matthew Arnold on culture and the state -- ARNOLD AND COMMON CULTURE -- MILL AND ARNOLD -- CULTURE AND THE STATE -- THE TOUCHSTONES: TRADITION AND CULTURE -- CHAPTER 6 Aesthetic kingship and queenship: Ruskin on the state and the home -- BEAUTY, TYPES, AND MORAL MEANING -- AESTHETIC LABOR AND SOCIETY -- KINGS' TREASURIES -- QUEENS' GARDENS -- SUBJECTIVITY, GENDER, AND SOCIETY -- CHAPTER 7 The aesthetic and political spheres in contemporary theory: Adorno and Habermas -- THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY IN "DIALECTIC OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- UNRECONCILED AESTHETIC RECONCILIATION -- THE SEPARATION OF SUBJECTIVE AND AESTHETIC AUTONOMY. COMMUNICATIVE REASON, THE PUBLIC SPHERE, AND THE BILDUNG TRADITION -- COMMUNICATIVE ACTION AND THE AESTHETIC SPHERE -- THE AESTHETIC SPHERE AND COMMUNICATIVE ACTION -- A POSTMETAPHYSICAL AESTHETICS -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 MODERNITY, SUBJECTIVITY, LIBERALISM, AND NATIONALISM -- 2 THE SYMBOL AND THE AESTHETIC SPHERE -- 3 SCHILLER'S AESTHETIC STATE -- 4 SYMBOL, STATE, AND CLERISY: THE AESTHETIC POLITICS OF COLERIDGE -- 5 THE BEST SELF AND THE PRIVATE SELF: MATTHEW ARNOLD ON CULTURE AND THE STATE -- 6 AESTHETIC KINGSHIP AND QUEENSHIP: RUSKIN ON THE STATE AND THE HOME -- 7 THE AESTHETIC AND POLITICAL SPHERES IN CONTEMPORARY THEORY: ADORNO AND HABERMAS -- Index.
This ambitious study, first published in 1999, explores connections between aesthetics and politics from Romanticism to the twentieth century.
9780511149597
Literature--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PN49 .K2512 1999
820.9145