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Aesthetic Ideology

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Description for Aesthetic Ideology Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.

An important reconsideration of ideology by one of this century’s most eminent theorists.

This long-awaited volume by one of the major figures of twentieth-century thought represents perhaps the most provocative, serious, and important rethinking of “ideology” since the publication of Althusser's essays in the 1960s and 1970s. Aesthetic Ideology offers the definitive resource to de Man's thoughts on philosophy, politics, and history.

The core of Aesthetic Ideology is a rigorous inquiry into the relation of rhetoric, epistemology, and aesthetics, one that presents radical notions of materiality. De Man reads Kant and Hegel with a combination of philosophical rigor, interpretive pressure, speculative ... Read more

The texts collected here were written or delivered as lectures during the last years of de Man's life, between 1977 and 1983. Many of them have never been available previously in any form; these include essays on Kant's materialism, his relation to Schiller, and the concept of irony. A culmination of de Man's thinking on these central issues, Aesthetic Ideology is a necessary and vital component of your humanities bookshelf.

Contents

Introduction: Allegories of Reference

The Epistemology of Metaphor

Pascal's Allegory of Persuasion

Phenomenality and Materiality in Kant

Sign and Symbol in Hegel's Aesthetics

Hegel on the Sublime

Kant's Materialism

Kant and Schiller

The Concept of Irony

Reply to Raymond Geuss

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
Theory & History of Literature S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816622047
SKU
V9780816622047
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About Paul de Man
Paul de Man (1919-1983) held appointments at Cornell, Johns Hopkins, the University of Zurich, and Yale. Among his books are Blindness and Insight (Minnesota, 1983), The Resistance to Theory (Minnesota, 1986), Critical Writings ,1953-1978 (Minnesota, 1993), and Allegories of Reading (1979). Andrzej Warminski is professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. ... Read more

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