The Romantic Absolute : Being and Knowing in Early German Romantic Philosophy, 1795-1804 / Dalia Nassar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nassar, Dalia, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Novalis, 1772-1801.

Novalis.

Schlegel, Friedrich von, 1772-1829.

Schlegel, Friedrich von.

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854.

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von.

Absolute, The.

Philosophy, German--History--19th century.

Philosophy, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The absolute was one of the most significant philosophical concepts in the early nineteenth century, particularly for the German romantics. Its exact meaning and its role within philosophical romanticism remain, however, a highly contested topic among contemporary scholars. In The Romantic Absolute, Dalia Nassar offers an illuminating new assessment of the romantics and their understanding of the absolute. In doing so, she fills an important gap in the history of philosophy, especially with respect to the crucial period between Kant and Hegel. Scholars today interpret philosophical romanticism along two competing lines: one emphasizes the romantics' concern with epistemology, the other their concern with metaphysics. Through careful textual analysis and systematic reconstruction of the work of three major romantics-Novalis, Friedrich Schlegel, and Friedrich Schelling-Nassar shows that neither interpretation is fully satisfying. Rather, she argues, one needs to approach the absolute from both perspectives. Rescuing these philosophers from frequent misunderstanding, and even dismissal, she articulates not only a new angle on the philosophical foundations of romanticism but on the meaning and significance of the notion of the absolute itself.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Interpreting the Fichte-Studien

2. Beyond the Subjective Self: Hemsterhuis, Kant, and the Question of the Whole

3. Romanticizing Nature and the Self

4. A Living Organon of the Sciences

Conclusion to Part I: Romanticism and Idealism

5. New Philosophical Ideals: Schlegel's Critique of First Principles

6. From Epistemology to Ontology: The Lectures on Transcendental Idealism

7. Becoming, Nature, and Freedom

8. Presenting Nature: From the System of Fragments to the Romantic Novel

Conclusion to Part 2: Schlegel as Philosopher

9. The Early Schelling: Between Fichte and Spinoza

10. The Philosophy of Nature

11. From the System of Transcendental Idealism to the Identity Philosophy

12. Identity Philosophy and the Philosophy of Art

Conclusion to Part 3

Conclusion: The Romantic Absolute

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226084237

022608423X

OCLC:

1058361071