Immanuel Kant
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
| Revision as of 22:06, 20 November 2007 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 22:08, 20 November 2007 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) Next diff → |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
| '''Immanuel Kant''' ([[22 April]], [[1724]] – [[12 February]], [[1804]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[philosopher]] from [[Kaliningrad|Königsberg]] in [[East Prussia]]). He is regarded as a major philosopher of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]]. Today, not everyone is as enthusiastic about his philosophy, especially in the field of [[aesthetics]] and [[taste]] where [[cultural relativism]] has gained favor since the advent of [[postmodernism]]. Kant has been criticized for reasoning "that aesthetic judgements have [[universal]] validity. Kant was wrong. Immanuel Kant searched for the basis of aesthetic motivation. For such a difficult journey, Köningsberg [where he was born and died] was not a good place to start. The age of consumerism has no time for Kant." ([[Stephen Bayley]], 1991) | '''Immanuel Kant''' ([[22 April]], [[1724]] – [[12 February]], [[1804]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[philosopher]] from [[Kaliningrad|Königsberg]] in [[East Prussia]]). He is regarded as a major philosopher of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]]. Today, not everyone is as enthusiastic about his philosophy, especially in the field of [[aesthetics]] and [[taste]] where [[cultural relativism]] has gained favor since the advent of [[postmodernism]]. Kant has been criticized for reasoning "that aesthetic judgements have [[universal]] validity. Kant was wrong. Immanuel Kant searched for the basis of aesthetic motivation. For such a difficult journey, Köningsberg [where he was born and died] was not a good place to start. The age of consumerism has no time for Kant." ([[Stephen Bayley]], 1991) | ||
| - | The philosophical concept of the [[sublime]], as described by philosopher Immanuel Kant in the ''[[Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime]]'', took inspiration in part from attempts to comprehend the enormity of the Lisbon quake and tsunami. | + | The philosophical concept of the [[sublime]], as described by philosopher Immanuel Kant in the ''[[Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime]]'', took inspiration in part from attempts to comprehend the enormity of the [[1755 Lisbon earthquake]]. |
| [[Marquis de Sade]] was born 16 years after Kant. Altough he probably never read Kant, his philosophy turns out to be [[antithetical]] to Kant's. [[Slavoj Zizek]] has more at ''[[Kant and Sade: The Ideal Couple]]''. | [[Marquis de Sade]] was born 16 years after Kant. Altough he probably never read Kant, his philosophy turns out to be [[antithetical]] to Kant's. [[Slavoj Zizek]] has more at ''[[Kant and Sade: The Ideal Couple]]''. | ||
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
Revision as of 22:08, 20 November 2007
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Immanuel Kant (22 April, 1724 – 12 February, 1804) was a German philosopher from Königsberg in East Prussia). He is regarded as a major philosopher of the Enlightenment. Today, not everyone is as enthusiastic about his philosophy, especially in the field of aesthetics and taste where cultural relativism has gained favor since the advent of postmodernism. Kant has been criticized for reasoning "that aesthetic judgements have universal validity. Kant was wrong. Immanuel Kant searched for the basis of aesthetic motivation. For such a difficult journey, Köningsberg [where he was born and died] was not a good place to start. The age of consumerism has no time for Kant." (Stephen Bayley, 1991)
The philosophical concept of the sublime, as described by philosopher Immanuel Kant in the Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, took inspiration in part from attempts to comprehend the enormity of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
Marquis de Sade was born 16 years after Kant. Altough he probably never read Kant, his philosophy turns out to be antithetical to Kant's. Slavoj Zizek has more at Kant and Sade: The Ideal Couple.
