German Aesthetics

J.D. Mininger is Professor of Philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, and Associate Dean at LCC International University, Lithuania.Jason Michael Peck is Visiting Assistant Professor of German at the University of Rochester, USA.

• INTRODUCTION, J.D. Mininger and Jason Michael PeckIMAGINATION, Jochen Schulte-Sasse (posthumous publication), Emeritus at University of Minnesota, USAJUDGMENT, Vivasvan Soni, Northwestern University, USABEAUTY, Paul Guyer, Brown University, USASUBLIME, David Martyn, Macalester College, USAMIMESIS, Christian Sieg, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, GermanyFEELING: ON WERTHER, Stanley Corngold, Emeritus at Princeton University, USAIRONY, Michel Chaouli, Indiana University, USALISTENING, Mirko M. Hall, Converse College, USAETHICS, Jason Michael Peck, University of Rochester, USAABSOLUTE MUSIC, Sanna Pederson, University of Oklahoma, USATHE END OF ART, Eva Geulen, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, GermanyALLEGORY, J.D. Mininger, Vytautas Magnus University, LithuaniaVALUE, A. Kiarina Kordela, Macalester College, USAGOD IS DEAD, Silke-Maria Weineck, University of Michigan, USATRAGEDY / TRAUERSPIEL, Ian Balfour, York University, CanadaSAYING / SHOWING, Fabian Goppelsröder, Universität Potsdam, GermanyNOTHINGNESS, Kenneth Haynes, Brown University, USAMESSIANISM, Peter Fenves, Northwestern University, USAMEDIATION / MEDIUM, James A. Steintrager, University of California, Irvine, USA and Rey Chow, Duke University, USATRUTH, Kai Hammermeister, The Ohio State University, USAUNCANNY, Thomas Pepper, University of Minnesota, USAMOOD / ATTUNEMENT, Darío González, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkFILM, Johannes von Moltke, University of Michigan, USAMONTAGE / COLLAGE, Patrizia McBride, Cornell University, USANORMALITY, Jürgen Link, Emeritus at Universität Dortmund, GermanyUGLY, Richard Leppert, University of Minnesota, USASHUDDER, Karyn Ball, University of Alberta, CanadaCOMMITTED ART, Andrew Knighton , California State University at Los Angeles, USA

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