Format:
xiv, 312 Seiten
Edition:
First Edition published in 2016
ISBN:
9780199688227
Content:
"Irony and Idealism investigates the historical and conceptual structure of the development of a philosophically distinctive conception of irony in early- to mid-nineteenth century European philosophy. The principal figures treated are the romantic thinkers Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis, Hegel, and Kierkegaard. Fred Rush argues that the development of philosophical irony in this historical period is best understood as providing a way forward in philosophy in the wake of Kant and Jacobi that is discrete from, and many times opposed to, German idealism. Irony and Idealism argues, against the grain of received opinion, that among the German romantics Schlegel's conception of irony is superior to similar ideas found in Novalis. It also presents a sustained argument showing that historical reconsideration of Schlegel has been hampered by contestable Hegelian assumptions concerning the conceptual viability of romantic irony and by the misinterpretation of what the romantics mean by 'the absolute.' Rush argues that this is primarily a social-ontological term and not, as is often supposed, a metaphysical concept. Kierkegaard, although critical of the romantic conception, deploys his own adaptation of it in his criticism of Hegel, continuing, and in a way completing, the arc of irony through nineteenth-century philosophy. The book concludes by offering suggestions meant to guide contemporary reconsideration of Schlegel's and Kierkegaard's views on the philosophical significance of irony."--
Content:
Jena romanticism and the philosophical significance of irony -- Irony displaced, or Hegel -- Irony redivivus, or Kierkegaard
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 296-308
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rush, Fred Irony and idealism Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016 ISBN 9780191767531
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rush, Fred, 1956 - Irony and idealism Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016 ISBN 9780191767531
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Schlegel, Friedrich von 1772-1829
;
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770-1831
;
Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
;
Deutscher Idealismus
;
Philosophie
;
Ironie
Author information:
Rush, Fred 1956-
Author information:
Schlegel, Friedrich von 1772-1829
Author information:
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770-1831
Author information:
Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
