Kant and the Ends of Aesthetics

This work presents a rethinking of Critical Philosophy through the recovery of a larger sense of 'aesthetics' in Kant. It provides an original unitary reading of the Critique of Judgement . This is situated in relation to Kant's attempt to think ends in general. The question of how to think ends is argued to guide Kant both in his treatment of aesthetics and teleology and to provide the rationale for critique itself. This challenging work will set a new standard for engagements with Kant.

Autorentext

Gary Banham divides his time between lecturing at Bolton Institute and teaching philosophy in Adult Education in Manchester.

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Acknowledgements Introduction The Three-fold Insertion of the Aesthetic in the Critical System Transcendental Imagination, Schematism and Judgment The Exposition of Pure Judgments of Taste The Analytic of the Sublime The Deduction of Pure Aesthetic Judgments, Fine Art and the Antinomy of the Critique Taste The Teleology of Critique The Exposition of Teleological Judgments The Antinomy of Reflective Judgment Re-treated Chemism, Epigenesis and Community Eschatology and the Ends of Culture Bibliography Index