Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Pause for Thought: Plato and Aristotle on Wonder 15
6. 2 Passion or Distraction? Descartes and Spinoza on Wonder 30
7. 3 Burke and Kant on the Sublime 52
8. 4 Romanticism and the Allure of the Sublime 73
9. 5 Wonder and Stupidity: Flaubert on Romanticism 92
10. 6 Reconnecting with Socratic Wonder: Heidegger and Arendt 120
11. 7 Derrida on Aporia, Time and Mortality 140
12. 8 Political Wonder and Social Critique 155
13. 9 Wonder and Transcendence 183
14. Conclusion: The Future of Wonder 205
15. Bibliography 221
16. Index 228