The marriage of aesthetics and ethics / edited by Stéphane Symons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Symons, Stéphane (Philosopher), editor.

Series:

Critical studies in German idealism ; v. 15.

Critical studies in German idealism, 1878-9986 ; volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Aesthetics.

Arts and morals.

Art--Moral and ethical aspects.

Art.

Idealism, German.

Marriage.

Friendship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Marriage of Aesthetics and Ethics , fifteen authors reflect on the nature of friendship and love and on the complex relation between art and morality. Karl Verstrynge, Vincent Caudron, Anne Christine Habbard, and Walter Jaeschke draw from authors from Aristotle to Derrida, Montaigne to Kierkegaard, and Hegel to Blanchot to discuss friendship and love. Andreas Arndt, Paul Cobben, Paul Cruysberghs, Gerbert Faure, Simon Truwant, and Margherita Tonon focus on the connection between aesthetics and ethics in the works of Kant, Schiller, Hegel, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Cassirer, and Adorno. Baldine Saint Girons, Stéphane Symons, Marlies De Munck, Stijn De Cauwer, and Willem Styfhals explore the connection between ethical and aesthetic issues in photography, film, music, literature, and the visual arts.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Stéphane Symons

1 “A Bushel of Salt”: On Aesthetics and Ethics in Friendship / Karl Verstrynge

2 Recapturing the Self: Montaigne on Friendship, Self-Knowledge, and the Art of Living / Vincent Caudron

3 The Singularity of Friendship: On Kierkegaard and Friends / Anne Christine Habbard

4 “A Garçon has the Whole World for a Bride” Or: On the Bliss of Marriage / Walter Jaeschke

5 “Remember that All Poetry is to Be Regarded as a Work of Love”: Ethics and Aesthetics in Schleiermacher / Andreas Arndt

6 Hegel’s Concept of Pathos as the Keeper of the Marriage between Aesthetics and Ethics / Paul Cobben

7 In Search of a Second Ethics: From Kant to Kierkegaard / Paul Cruysberghs

8 The Kantian Sublime: A Feeling of Superiority? / Gerbert Faure

9 Kant’s Transcendental Reflection: An Indispensable Element of the Philosophy of Culture / Simon Truwant

10 Adorno’s Response to Kierkegaard: The Ethical Validity of the Aesthetic? / Margherita Tonon

11 The Aesthetic Act as Interface between Theory and Praxis / Baldine Saint Girons

12 Leap into the Surface: Photography, Repetition, and Recollection / Stéphane Symons

13 Jonny Greenwood vs. Johannes Brahms: Alliances and Displacement in There Will Be Blood / Marlies De Munck

14 Pathology and the Search for a Modern Ethics in the Writings of Robert Musil / Stijn De Cauwer

15 The Gnostic “Sur” in Surrealism: On Transcendence and Modern Art / Willem Styfhals

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-29881-9

OCLC:

911200048

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004298811 DOI