Passions of the Sign : Revolution and Language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist.
Gailus, Andreas.
Passions of the Sign : Revolution and Language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - Parallax: Re-Visions of Culture and Society Series . - Parallax: Re-Visions of Culture and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: Energetic Signs: Autonomy and Novelty in the Age of Revolution -- 1 Revealing Freedom: Crisis and Enthusiasm in Kant's Philosophy of History -- 2 The Poetics of Containment: Goethe's Conversations of German Refugees and the Crisis of Communication -- 3 Border Narratives: Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas -- Conclusion: The Big Either -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
At once a historical and a conceptual study, this volume moves between literature and philosophy, and between textual analysis and theoretical speculation, engaging with recent discussions on the status of sovereignty, the significance of performative language in politics and art, and the presence of the impersonal, even inhuman, within the economy of the self.
9780801889042
Kleist, Heinrich von,-1777-1811.-Michael Kohlhaas.
Kant, Immanuel,-1724-1804-Criticism and interpretation.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,-1749-1832.-Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten.
Semiotics-Germany-History.
German language-Rhetoric-History.
Subjectivity-History-19th century.
Subjectivity in literature.
France-History-Revolution, 1789-1799-Influence.
France-History-Revolution, 1789-1799-Literature and the revolution.
Electronic books.
P99.37.G3G35 2006
830.9/0001/4
Passions of the Sign : Revolution and Language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - Parallax: Re-Visions of Culture and Society Series . - Parallax: Re-Visions of Culture and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: Energetic Signs: Autonomy and Novelty in the Age of Revolution -- 1 Revealing Freedom: Crisis and Enthusiasm in Kant's Philosophy of History -- 2 The Poetics of Containment: Goethe's Conversations of German Refugees and the Crisis of Communication -- 3 Border Narratives: Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas -- Conclusion: The Big Either -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
At once a historical and a conceptual study, this volume moves between literature and philosophy, and between textual analysis and theoretical speculation, engaging with recent discussions on the status of sovereignty, the significance of performative language in politics and art, and the presence of the impersonal, even inhuman, within the economy of the self.
9780801889042
Kleist, Heinrich von,-1777-1811.-Michael Kohlhaas.
Kant, Immanuel,-1724-1804-Criticism and interpretation.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,-1749-1832.-Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten.
Semiotics-Germany-History.
German language-Rhetoric-History.
Subjectivity-History-19th century.
Subjectivity in literature.
France-History-Revolution, 1789-1799-Influence.
France-History-Revolution, 1789-1799-Literature and the revolution.
Electronic books.
P99.37.G3G35 2006
830.9/0001/4