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"The Ideology of the Aesthetic" presents a history & critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics & politics. Eagleton provides a brilliant & challenging introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Lukacs, Adorno, Habermas & others. Wide in span, as well as morally & politically committed, this is his major work to date. It forms both an original enquiry & an exemplary introduction.
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The Ideology of The Aesthetics, Terry Eagleton
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- Title
- The Ideology of The Aesthetics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Terry Eagleton
- Publisher
- Blackwell
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN10
- 0631163026
- ISBN13
- 9780631163022
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Philosophical Topics, Literary Studies, Art, Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Scientific Theories, Criticism
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- 4.1 out of 5
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- "The Ideology of the Aesthetic" presents a history & critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics & politics. Eagleton provides a brilliant & challenging introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Lukacs, Adorno, Habermas & others. Wide in span, as well as morally & politically committed, this is his major work to date. It forms both an original enquiry & an exemplary introduction.