The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God by David Farrell

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Shows that German idealist and romantic theories of literature and aesthetic judgment are closer to the heart of metaphysics and ethics than previously thought. This title explores the contributions of Schelling, Holderlin, and others to the aesthetics of tragedy, and charts the fate of the speculative philosophy in terms of the tragic.

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In The Tragic Absolute, David Farrell Krell shows that German Idealist and Romantic theories of literature and aesthetic judgment, especially when it comes to tragedy, are closer to the heart of metaphysics and ethics than previously thought. Krell not only explores the contributions of Schelling, Holderlin, Novalis, Hegel, and Nietzsche to the aesthetics of tragedy, he also charts the fate of the absolute and speculative philosophy in terms of the tragic. Krell explodes the usual conception that aesthetic judgments about literary genres are relatively marginal subjects for philosophy. Indeed, in Krell's view, even God himself, the very absolute of traditional metaphysics, is seen as languishing and condemned to tragic downfall. Questions concerning the death of God, the role of trauma and forgetting in narrative, the overcoming of barriers between humans and other living beings, and the role of music and rhythm as sources of ecstasy are highlighted in this keen, precise, and lively book.David Farrell Krell, Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, is author of several books, including Postponements (IUP, 1986), Of Memory, Reminiscence, Writing (IUP, 1990), Daimon Life (IUP, 1992), Infectious Nietzsche (IUP, 1996), and Contagion (IUP, 1998).

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Exposes the core of tragic absolutes in German Romantic and Idealist philosophy.

Author Biography

David Farrell Krell, Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, is author of several books, including Postponements (IUP, 1986), Of Memory, Reminiscence, Writing (IUP, 1990), Daimon Life (IUP, 1992), Infectious Nietzsche (IUP, 1996), and Contagion (IUP, 1998).

Table of Contents

ContentsAcknowledgmentsKey to Works CitedIntroduction1. The Oldest Program toward a System in German Idealism The Philological DisputeDas älteste Systemprogramm des deutschen Idealismus: Text and TranslationCommentaryThe Tragic Absolute?2. Three Ends of the Absolute Absolute Inhibition: SchellingAbsolute Separation: HölderlinAbsolute Density: NovalisA Note on Absolute and Relative Death3. At the Stroke of OneA Peripheral Reading of Schelling's Treatise on Human FreedomExcursus on Sehnsucht: Languor, the Languid, and LanguishmentThe Peripheral Reading (continued)An Indifferent Reading of Schelling's Treatise on Human Freedom4. God's TraumaThe Earliest Notes toward Schelling's The Ages of the WorldThe Genealogy of Time, and the Golden AgeTrauma, Repression, and the Absolute PastAn Excursion to Samothrace5. God's Footstool From the 1811 Draft of Die Weltalter, with Variants from the 1810Stuttgarter Privatvorlesungen and the 18271828 System der WeltalterFrom the Sketches toward the Second Proposed Volume ofDie Weltalter, "The Present"The Olympian Zeus of Pausanias's Guide to GreeceThe Forlorn Foot of Divinity6. Brazen WheelsFreedom to Burn: Schelling's Tenth LetterAbsolute Mythology: The 18021803 Philosophy of ArtThe Klang of Music, the Fine Arts, and TragedyIronclad Necessity7. Voices of Empedocles"Dame Philosophy Is a Tyrant"Essence or Accidents?Nefas or Destiny?Formal Aspects of the Three Drafts of Hölderlin's Mourning-PlayRhea's Disappearance and the Rise of the Doppelgänger8. Hölderlin's "Translations" of SophoclesThe Labors of TranslationThe ReviewsAbsolute Intensity and the Task of the TranslatorTranslating "Theatrality"9. A Small Number of Houses in the Tragic UniverseAt the Center of Aristotle's Thought: The PoeticsDivine Betrayal: Hölderlin's "Notes on Oedipus"In the Figure of Death: Hölderlin's "Notes on Antigone"10. Hölderlin's Tragic HeroinesThree Commentaries: Kommerell, Reinhardt, LorauxJocasta's Shadow, Antigone's "Ath, Niobe's Tears, Danaë's GoldReturn to Jocasta11. Antigone's CloutLacan on the Essence of TragedyLacan on the Tragic Dimension of Psychoanalytic ExperienceAntigone between Two Deaths, Two Births12. Nietzschean ReminiscencesNot a Single New Goddess?"Against the Oncoming Night"Kavqarsi~ and "Ekstasi~ in Absolute Music, Absolute RhythmThe Tragic AbsoluteAppendix: Plot Summaries of The Death of EmpedoclesBibliographyIndex

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"This is vintage Krell--he is as always, a reader in the best sense of the word... " Dennis J. Schmidt "Krell is a strong and often eloquent writer ... I regard this to be one of his most important works..." Jason M. Wirth

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Exposes the core of tragic absolutes in German Romantic and Idealist philosophy.

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"This is vintage Krell-he is as always, a reader in the best sense of the word. . . " Dennis J. Schmidt"Krell is a strong and often eloquent writer . . . I regard this to be one of his most important works. . . ." Jason M. Wirth

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Exposes the core of tragic absolutes in German Romantic and Idealist philosophy.

Details ISBN0253217539 Author David Farrell Krell Short Title TRAGIC ABSOLUTE Pages 496 Publisher Indiana University Press Language English ISBN-10 0253217539 ISBN-13 9780253217530 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2005 Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle German Idealism and the Languishing of God Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Country of Publication United States Residence IL, US Affiliation DePaul University DOI 10.1604/9780253217530 UK Release Date 2005-09-05 AU Release Date 2005-09-05 NZ Release Date 2005-09-05 US Release Date 2005-09-05 Series Studies in Continental Thought Publication Date 2005-09-05 Alternative 9780253345363 DEWEY 141.0943 Illustrations 2 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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