John K Noyes

Herder

Aesthetics Against Imperialism

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Produktbeschreibung

In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder’s anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 799g
• ISBN-13: 9781442650381
• ISBN-10: 1442650389
• Artikelnr.: 42697268

Autorenporträt

John K. Noyes is a professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Postcolonial Theory and Herder’s Anti-Imperialism
Chapter 1: From Epistemology to Aesthetics
Chapter 2: From Organic Life to the Politics of Interpretation
Chapter 3: From Human Restlessness to the Politics of Difference
Chapter 4: From the Location of Language to the Multiplicity of Reason
Chapter 5: From Human Diversity to the Politics of Natural Development
Chapter 6: The Aesthetics of Revolution and the Critique of Imperialism
Conclusion: Herder, Postcolonialism, and the Antinomy of Universal Reason