In Praise of Nonsense: Kant and Bluebeard by Winfried Menninghaus

Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

In Praise of Nonsense: Kant and Bluebeard

Winfried Menninghaus with Henry Pickford (Translator)

272 pages hardcover

3 editions

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Shells, leafwork, picture frames, hummingbirds, wallpaper decorations, hems of clothing--such are the examples Kant's Critique of Judgment offers for a "free" and purely aesthetic beauty. Menninghaus's book demonstrates that all these examples ref...

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