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Frontmatter
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Dorothea E. von Mücke
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- INTRODUCTION xiii
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PART I. THE BIRTH OF AESTHETICS, THE ENDS OF TELEOLOGY, AND THE RISE OF GENIUS
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. THE SURPRISING ORIGINS OF ENLIGHTENMENT AESTHETICS 5
- 2. DISINTERESTED INTEREST 27
- 3. BEAUTIFUL, NOT INTELLIGENT DESIGN 39
- 4. ENLIGHTENMENT DISCOURSES ON ORIGINAL GENIUS 51
- 5. “WHERE NATURE GIVES THE RULE TO ART” 53
- 6. THE STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL 63
- CONCLUSION 73
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PART II. CONFESSIONAL DISCOURSE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND AUTHORSHIP
- INTRODUCTION 77
- 7. PIETISM 85
- 8. ROUSSEAU 109
- 9. GOETHE 141
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PART III. IMAGINED COMMUNITIES AND THE MOBILIZATION OF A CRITICAL PUBLIC
- INTRODUCTION 181
- 10. PATRIOTIC INVOCATIONS OF THE PUBLIC 187
- 11. REAL AND VIRTUAL AUDIENCES IN HERDER’S CONCEPT OF THE MODERN PUBLIC 205
- 12. MOBILIZING A CRITICAL PUBLIC 219
- Notes 247
- Index 281
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- INTRODUCTION xiii
-
PART I. THE BIRTH OF AESTHETICS, THE ENDS OF TELEOLOGY, AND THE RISE OF GENIUS
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. THE SURPRISING ORIGINS OF ENLIGHTENMENT AESTHETICS 5
- 2. DISINTERESTED INTEREST 27
- 3. BEAUTIFUL, NOT INTELLIGENT DESIGN 39
- 4. ENLIGHTENMENT DISCOURSES ON ORIGINAL GENIUS 51
- 5. “WHERE NATURE GIVES THE RULE TO ART” 53
- 6. THE STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL 63
- CONCLUSION 73
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PART II. CONFESSIONAL DISCOURSE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND AUTHORSHIP
- INTRODUCTION 77
- 7. PIETISM 85
- 8. ROUSSEAU 109
- 9. GOETHE 141
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PART III. IMAGINED COMMUNITIES AND THE MOBILIZATION OF A CRITICAL PUBLIC
- INTRODUCTION 181
- 10. PATRIOTIC INVOCATIONS OF THE PUBLIC 187
- 11. REAL AND VIRTUAL AUDIENCES IN HERDER’S CONCEPT OF THE MODERN PUBLIC 205
- 12. MOBILIZING A CRITICAL PUBLIC 219
- Notes 247
- Index 281