Between Transcendence and Historicism

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Between Transcendence and Historicism
The Ethical Nature of the Arts in Hegelian Aesthetics

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Brian K. Etter - Author

SUNY Series in Hegelian Studies

Price: $95.00
Hardcover - 270 pages

Release Date: January 2006

ISBN10: 0-7914-6657-4
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6657-5

Price: $32.95
Paperback - 270 pages

Release Date: June 2006

ISBN10: 0-7914-6658-2
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6658-2

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Summary

Argues that the concept of the ethical is central to Hegel’s philosophy of art.

Between Transcendence and Historicism explores Hegel’s aesthetics within the larger context of the tradition of theoretical reflection to emphasize its unique ability to account for traditional artistic practice. Arguing that the concept of the ethical is central to Hegel’s philosophy of art, Brian K. Etter examines the poverty of modernist aesthetic theories in contrast to the affirmation by Hegel of the necessity of art. He focuses on the individual arts in greater detail than is normally done for Hegel’s aesthetics, and considers how the dual constitution of the ethical nature of art can be justified, both within Hegel’s own philosophical system and in terms of its relevance to the dilemmas of modern social life. Etter concludes that the arts have a responsibility to represent the goodness of existence, the ideal, and the ethical life in dignifying the metaxological realm through their beauty.

“This book addresses important contemporary issues in a straightforward and clear manner. Etter is very knowledgeable about art and contemporary aesthetics and uses this to inform his interpretation of Hegel. He does an excellent job explicating and critically analyzing Hegel’s views to illustrate his relevance for contemporary art and art criticism.” — William Maker, editor of Hegel and Aesthetics

“The place of modern art in modern life—and the ability of Hegel’s aesthetics to help us determine that place—are extremely important topics, and the author brings this out forcefully and clearly.” — William C. Dudley, Williams College

Brian K. Etter (1954–2005) was Associate Professor in Humanities at Kettering University and the author of From Classicism to Modernism: Western Musical Culture and the Metaphysics of Order.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Introduction

Part I. Art between Transcendence and Historicism

1. Is Art Necessary?

2. Beauty and the Transcendence of the Ideal

3. The Historicity of the Ideal and the End of Art

Part II. The Ethical Nature of the Arts

4. Beauty, the Ideal, and Representational Art

5. The Sounds of the Ideal

6. The Ethical Function of Poetry

7. Beauty and Ornament in Architectural Styles

Part III. The Foundations of Art

8. Art and the Beauty of the Ethical Order

9. Normativity in the Arts and the Particularity of Tradition

10. Art and the Beauty of the Absolute

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Related Subjects

Aesthetics
Ethics
Hegel

44598/44599(JFB/JB/AV)

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