The Ideology of the Aesthetic

By (author): "Terry Eagleton"
Publish Date: January 1st 1990
The Ideology of the Aesthetic
ISBN0631163026
ISBN139780631163022
AsinThe Ideology of the Aesthetic
Original titleThe Ideology of the Aesthetic
"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.