Friedrich Schlegel and the emergence of romantic philosophy / Elizabeth Millán-Zaibert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millán, Elizabeth.

Series:

Intersections (Albany, N.Y.)

SUNY series, Intersections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schlegel, Friedrich von, 1772-1829.

Schlegel, Friedrich von.

Romanticism--Germany.

Romanticism.

Germany.

Physical Description:

xi, 256 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2007]

Summary:

This book addresses the philosophical reception of early German Romanticism and offers the first in-depth study in English of the movement's most important philosopher, Friedrich Schlegel, presenting his philosophy against the background of the controversies that shaped its emergence. Elizabeth Millan-Zaibert begins by distinguishing early German Romanticism from classical German Idealism, under which it has all too often been subsumed, and then explores Schlegel's romantic philosophy (and his rejection of first principles) by showing how he responded to three central figures of the post-Kantian period in Germany-Jacobi, Reinhold, and Fichte-as well as to Kant himself. She concludes with a comprehensive critique of the aesthetic and epistemological consequences of Schlegel's thought, with special attention paid to his use of irony.

Contents:

Philosophy and Early German Romanticism 1

The Literary Dimensions of Early German Romanticism 5

Defining Romanticism 10

Schlegel's Antifoundationalism 18

1 Finding Room for the Romantics between Kant and Hegel 25

Idealism: From Misconceptions to Post-Kantian Variations 28

Searching for the Unity of Thought and Being: Idealist Jager versus Romantic Spurhunde 32

Frank's Romantic Realists versus Beiser's Romantic Idealists 38

On Why Schlegel Is Not Hegel 44

Romantic Skepticism 48

2 Searching for the Grounds of Knowledge 53

Jacobi's Salto Mortale 54

Schlegel's Reaction to the Salto 57

Reinhold's Elementarphilosophie 62

Aenesidemus and the Shift from Principle to Fact of Consciousness 65

Fichte's Move from Fact to Act of Consciousness 68

3 Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre: A Tendency to Be Avoided? 71

The Foundations of Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre 72

The Clash between Schmid and Fichte 75

Fichte and Schlegel on Critical Philosophy 79

Fichte's Mystical Errors 86

The Spirit versus the Letter of Fichte's Philosophy 91

4 Niethammer's Influence on the Development of Schlegel's Skepticism 95

Niethammers' Skepticism 97

Niethammer's Appeal to Common Sense 101

Schlegel's Philosophical Debut 109

Schlegel's Critique of Niethammer's Appeal to Common Sense 111

Schlegel's Historical Taxonomy 114

5 Critique as Metaphilosophy: Kant as Half Critic 117

Revolution, Scientific Method, and Kant's Critical Project 120

Critiquing the Critical Philosopher 122

Away from Kant: Schlegel's Historical Turn 127

6 Philosophy in Media Res 133

The Wechselerweis and the Search for Truth 134

Philosophy "in the Middle": Between Fichte and Spinoza 137

Destroying the Illusion of the Finite: Schlegel's Critique of the Thing 141

Wilhelm Meister: Schlegel's Model of Coherence 150

7 The Aesthetic Consequences of Antifoundationalism 159

The Modern Spirit of Romanticism 160

Understanding' Misunderstanding, and Irony 165

Irony and the Necessity of Poetry 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.

ISBN:

0791470830

9780791470831

OCLC:

70291976