The relevance of Romanticism : essays on German romantic philosophy / edited by Dalia Nassar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nassar, Dalia, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, German--18th century.

Philosophy, German.

Philosophy, German--19th century.

Romanticism--Germany.

Romanticism.

Germany.

Romanticism--Germany--Influence.

Physical Description:

xv, 344 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Summary:

The Relevance of Romanticism considers the reasons why philosophers have recently become deeply interested in romantic thought. Through historical and systematic reconstructions, the collection offers greater understanding of romanticism as a philosophical movement and deeper insight into the role that romantic thought plays-or can play-in contemporary philosophical debates. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 German Romanticism as a Philosophical Movement

1 What Is Early German Romantic Philosophy? / Manfred Frank Frank, Manfred 15

2 Romanticism and Idealism / Frederick Beiser Beiser, Frederick 30

Part 2 History, Hermeneutics, and Sociability

3 History, Succession, and German Romanticism / Karl Ameriks Ameriks, Karl 47

4 Romanticism and Language / Michael N. Forster Forster, Michael N. 68

5 Hermeneutics, Individuality, and Tradition: Schleiermacher's Idea of Bildung in the Landscape of Hegelian Thought / Kristin Gjesdal Gjesdal, Kristin 92

6 Sociability and the Conduct of Philosophy: What We Can Learn from Early German Romanticism / Jane Kneller Kneller, Jane 110

Part 3 Literature, Art, and Mythology

7 "Doch sehnend stehst/Am Ufer du" ("But Longing You Stand On the Shore"): Hölderlin, Philosophy, Subjectivity, and Finitude / Richard Eldridge Eldridge, Richard 129

8 On the Defense of Literary Value: From Early German Romanticism to Analytic Philosophy of Literature / Brady Bowman Bowman, Brady 147

9 "No Poetry, No Reality": Schlegel, Wittgenstein, Fiction, and Reality / Keren Gorodeisky Gorodeisky, Keren 163

10 The Simplicity of the Sublime: A New Picturing of Nature in Caspar David Friedrich / Laure Cahen-Maurel Cahen-Maurel, Laure 186

11 The New Mythology: Romanticism between Religion and Humanism / Bruce Matthews Matthews, Bruce 202

Part 4 Science and Nature

12 Mathematics, Computation, Language, and Poetry: The Novalis Paradox / Paul Redding Redding, Paul 221

13 Friedrich Schlegel's Romantic Calculus: Reflections on the Mathematical Infinite around 1800 / John H. Smith Smith, John H. 239

14 The "Mathematical" Wissenschaftslehre: On a Late Fichtean Reflection of Novalis / David W. Wood Wood, David W. 258

15 Irritable Figures: Herder's Poetic Empiricism / Amanda Jo Goldstein Goldstein, Amanda Jo 273

16 Romantic Empiricism after the "End of Nature": Contributions to Environmental Philosophy / Dalia Nassar Nassar, Dalia 296.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199976201

0199976201

9780199976218

019997621X

OCLC:

861678609