The Idea of Form: Rethinking Kant's Aesthetics

by Rodolphe Gasché

Book Overview

Against the assumption that aesthetic form relates to a harmonious arrangement of parts into a beautiful whole, this book argues that reason is the real theme of the Critique of Judgment as of the two earlier Critiques. Since aesthetic judgment of the beautiful becomes possible only when the mind is confronted with things of nature, for which no determined concepts of understanding are available, aesthetic judgment is involved in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804746214
• ISBN13: 9780804746212
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 9.0"