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Hallische Avantgarde. Die Erfindung der Ästhetik und die Ästhetisierung des Christentums

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Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 11. Juni 2015

Abstract

Avantgarde in Halle: The Invention of Aesthetics and the Aestheticization of Christianity. The foundation of scholarly aesthetics by the Halle philosopher Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten and Georg Friedrich Meier in the middle of the 18th century took place within a milieu that was shaped by both pietism and the Enlightenment. Martin Fritz demonstrates that aesthetics in Halle itself can be considered a synthesis of pietism and Enlightenment ideas. The sensualization of basic Christian concepts is of eminent relevance for these aesthetics, in order to reinvent the pietistic striving for intensive religious experiences through such „aestheticization.“ The romantic idea of „Kunstreligion“ (art religion), which continues to be significant in cultural life today, is also based on this programmatic notion of aestheticization. Building on this historical background, this article’s concluding systematic considerations argue for a theological revaluation of pertinent contemporary cultural phenomena.


Correction Note

Originally, also the article Emily Dumler-Winckler, Romanticism as Modern Re-Enchantment: Burke, Kant, and Emerson on Religious Taste was published under this DOI. Its correct DOI is 10.1515/znth-2015-1001.


Online erschienen: 2015-6-11
Erschienen im Druck: 2014-4-15

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