Germanic Languages | Seminar in German Literature
G825 | 15285-15286 | M. Chaouli
Kant's Kritik der Urteilskraft (Critique of Judgment)
The seminar will aim to gain a thorough understanding of Kant's Kritik
der Urteilskraft (1790) through careful, patient reading of the entire
text. This being one of the most influential texts of aesthetic
theory, the course will also provide an introduction to some of the
main concepts in aesthetics. Readings in German (for graduate students
in Germanic Studies) or English, discussion in English.
You may use any critical edition of Kant's texts. The following books
are on order:
Kant, Kritik der Urteilskraft, ed. Klemme (Meiner, 2001), ISBN:
3787314423.
Kant, Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, ed. Malter
(Reclam, 1989), ISBN: 3150024684.
Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment (Cambridge UP, 2001), ISBN:
0521348927.
Kant, Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics (Cambridge UP, 1997),
ISBN: 0521575427