Cosmological Aesthetics through the Kantian Sublime and Nietzschean Dionysian

Comparing the Kantian sublime and Nietzschean Dionysian, Erman Kaplama introduces two new principles to philosophy of art: transition and motion. Drawing on the Heraclitean logos and phusis, he explores the notion of transition (Übergang) in Kant's Opus Postumum and revises the idea of nature as the principle of motion (phus.;COSMOLOGICAL AESTHETICS THROUGH THE KANTIAN SUBLIME AND NIETZSCHEAN DIONYSIAN; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: On "Transition" as one of the Founding Principles of Cosmological Aesthetics and its Applications in the Kantian Sublime and Nietzschean Dionysian; Prelude: The Heraclitean Logos and the Principle of Transition; On the Principle of Transition as the Foundation of Cosmological Aesthetics with Reference to Opus Postumum; On the Human Faculty of Sense-Intuition (Anschauung) through which the Transition Takes Place. COSMOLOGICAL AESTHETICS THROUGH THE KANTIAN SUBLIME AND NIETZSCHEAN DIONYSIAN Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: On "Transition" as one of the Founding Principles of Cosmological Aesthetics and its Applications in the Kantian Sublime and Nietzschean Dionysian Prelude: The Heraclitean Logos and the Principle of Transition On the Principle of Transition as the Foundation of Cosmological Aesthetics with Reference to Opus Postumum On the Human Faculty of Sense-Intuition (Anschauung) through which the Transition Takes Place. On the Power of Judgment as the Faculty that Regulates and Determines the TransitionThe Principle of Transition and Cosmological Transcendentalism The Kantian Sublime as a Theory of Cosmological Aesthetics Representing the Transition The Nietzschean Dionysian as a Theory of Cosmological Aesthetics Representing the Transition On the Principle of Transition as Genius in Kantian and Nietzschean Aesthetics Conclusion Chapter Two: On "Motion" as one of the Founding Principles of Cosmological Aesthetics with Regards to the Heraclitean, Kantian and Nietzschean Cosmology. Prelude: Heraclitean Phusis as the Principle of MotionKant's Principle of Motion and Metaphysics of Nature Nietzsche's Principle of Motion and the Dionysian as a Cosmological Principle Conclusion Excursus: A Cosmological-Aesthetic Analysis Of Van Gogh's Starry Night Conclusion Bibliography Index. Erman Kaplama explores the principle of transition (Übergang) from metaphysics to physics developed by Kant in his unfinished magnum opus, Opus Postumum. Drawing on the Heraclitean logos and Kant’s notions of sense-intuition (Anschauung) and reflective judgment, Kaplama interprets transition as an aesthetic principle. He revises the idea of nature (phusis) as the principle of motion referring to Heraclitus’ cosmology as well as Heidegger’s and Nietzsche’s lectures on the pre-Socratics. Kaplama compares the Kantian sublime and Nietzschean Dionysian as aesthetic theories representing the transition from the sensible to supersensible and as cosmological theories that consider human nature (ethos) as an extension of nature. In light of such Nietzschean notions as the eternal recurrence and will to power, the Dionysian is shown to trigger the transition by which nature and art are redefined. Finally, Cosmological Aesthetics employs the principles of transition and motion to analyze Van Gogh’s Starry Night in an excursus. Erman Kaplama explores the principle of transition (Ubergang) from metaphysics to physics developed by Kant in his unfinished magnum opus, Opus Postumum. Drawing on the Heraclitean logos and Kant's notions of sense-intuition (Anschauung) and reflective judgment, Kaplama interprets transition as an aesthetic principle. He revises the idea of nature (phusis) as the principle of motion referring to Heraclitus' cosmology as well as Heidegger's and Nietzsche's lectures on the pre-Socratics. Kaplama compares the Kantian sublime and Nietzschean Dionysian as aesthetic theories representing the transition from the sensible to supersensible and as cosmological theories that consider human nature (ethos) as an extension of nature. In light of such Nietzschean notions as the eternal recurrence and will to power, the Dionysian is shown to trigger the transition by which nature and art are redefined. Finally, Cosmological Aesthetics employs the principles of transition and motion to analyse Van Gogh's Starry Night in an excursus Comparing the Kantian sublime and Nietzschean Dionysian, Erman Kaplama introduces two new principles to philosophy of art: transition and motion. Drawing on the Heraclitean logos and phusis, he explores the notion of transition (UEbergang) in Kant's Opus Postumum and revises the idea of nature as the principle of motion (phusis).