The ideology of the aesthetics

"The Ideology of the Aesthetic" aims at presenting a history and critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics and politics. Eagleton provides an introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Lukacs, Adorno, Habermas and others. The Ideology of the Aesthetic presents a history and critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics and politics. Eagleton provides a brilliant and challenging introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Lukacs, Adorno, Habermas, and others. Wide in span, as well as morally and politically committed, this is Terry Eagleton's major work to date. It forms both an original enquiry and an exemplary introduction -- Bookseller's description "The Ideology of the Aesthetic" presents a history & critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics & politics. Eagleton provides a brilliant & challenging introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Lukacs, Adorno, Habermas & others. Wide in span, as well as morally & politically committed, this is his major work to date. It forms both an original enquiry & an exemplary introduction. Free Particulars -- Law Of The Heart : Shaftesbury, Hume, Burke -- Kantian Imaginary -- Schiller And Hegemony -- World As Artefact : Fichte, Schelling, Hegel -- Death Of Desire : Arthur Schopenhauer -- Absolute Ironies : Søren Kierkegaard -- Marxist Sublime -- True Illusions : Friedrich Nietzsche -- Name Of The Father : Sigmund Freud -- Politics Of Being : Martin Heidegger -- Marxist Rabbi : Walter Benjamin -- Art After Auschwitz : Theodor Adorno -- From The Polis To Postmodernism. Terry Eagleton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Presenting no less than a history and critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughtout modern Western thought, The Ideology of the Aesthetic is a critical survey of modern Western philosphy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics, and politics. A survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing on the relations between aesthetics, ethics and politics, which aims to be a critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought