A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Sublime and Beautiful

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-45326-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 352 g

Reihe: Routledge Classics

Edited with an introduction and notes by James T. Boulton.

'One of the greatest essays ever written on art.'– The Guardian

Edmund Burke’s A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful is one of the most important works of aesthetics ever published. Whilst many writers have taken up their pen to write of "the beautiful", Burke’s subject here was the quality he uniquely distinguished as "the sublime"—an all-consuming force beyond beauty that compelled terror as much as rapture in all who beheld it. It was an analysis that would go on to inspire some of the leading thinkers of the age, including Immanuel Kant and Denis Diderot. The Routledge Classics edition presents the authoritative text of the first critical edition of Burke’s essay ever published, including a substantial critical and historical commentary.

Edmund Burke (1729–1797). A politician, philosopher and orator, Burke lived during a turbulent time in world history, which saw revolutions in America and France that inspired his most famous work, Reflections on the Revolution in France.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burke, Edmund

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor’s Preface, Acknowledgments, Editor’s Introduction, I Composition and Publication, II On Taste, III The Sublime and Beautiful, IV Influence of the Enquiry, Note on the Text, Burke’s Enquiry, Preface to the First Edition, Preface to the Second Edition, Contents, Text, Appendix: A List of Editions of the Enquiry, Published During Burke’s Lifetime, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edmund Burke (1729-1797). A politician, philosopher and orator, Burke lived during a turbulent time in world history which saw revolutions in France (which appalled him) and America (which he welcomed). His most famous work is Reflections on the Revolution in France.