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Irony and idealism : rereading Schlegel, Hegel and Kierkegaard / Fred Rush.
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Rush, Fred
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Book
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English
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First edition.
Published/Created
[Oxford, United Kingdom] : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Description
xiv, 312 pages ; 25 cm
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Oxford Scholarship - Oxford University Press: Philosophy
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Firestone Library - Stacks
B823 .R87 2016
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Idealism
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Philosophy
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Schlegel, Friedrich von 1772-1829
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Criticism and interpretation
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Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770-1831
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Criticism and interpretation
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Novalis 1772-1801
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Criticism and interpretation
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Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
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Criticism and interpretation
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Summary note
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.
Contents
Jena romanticism and the philosophical significance of irony
Irony displaced, or Hegel
Irony redivivus, or Kierkegaard.
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Irony & idealism
ISBN
9780199688227 ((hardback))
0199688222 ((hardback))
LCCN
2016933490
OCLC
961818276
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