Art of the Modern Age: Philosophy of Art from Kant to Heidegger

by Jean-Marie Schaeffer

Book Overview

This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, combined with a carefully reasoned plea for a new and more flexible approach to art.

Jean-Marie Schaeffer, one of France's leading aestheticians, explores the writings of Kant, Schlegel, Novalis, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Heidegger to show that these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691144362
• ISBN13: 9780691144368
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"