Hegel's Political Aesthetics

Stefan Bird-Pollan is Associate Professor in Philosophy, Social Theory and International Film Studies, University of Kentucky, USAVladimir Marchenkov is Professor of Aesthetics and Theory, Ohio University, USA

• Introduction by the editors, Stefan Bird-Pollan and Vladimir MarchenkovPart I: Art’s Conribution to Modern Ethical LifeChapter 1: Philip T. Grier, “On Art and Community: Intersections of Hegel’s Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion”Chapter 2: Mark Aznauer, “Hegel on Aesthetic Reconciliation” Chapter 3: Timothy L. Brownlee, "Bildung and the Novel in Hegel’s Lectures on Aesthetics"Chapter 4: David Ciavatta, “Beauty as Freedom”Part II: The End of Art and the Loss of Art’s AuthorityChapter 5: John Russon: “Romantic Art and Modernity”Chapter 6: Shannon Hoff: “At Home and Homeless in the Human World: Art and Freedom in Hegel’s Aesthetics”Chapter 7: Olga Lyanda-Geller, “Hegel’s Symbol and Symbolic Art: Revisiting Ambiguity?” Part III: Ways of Thinking Beyond Hegel’s Analysis of Art’s Role in SocietyChapter 8: Kathleen Eamon, “Super/Sensible Remains in Art and Politics: Hegel and Jacob Lawrence's The Migration Series.”Chapter 9: Vladimir Marchenkov, “The Dialectic of Morality and Art in Hegel’s Aesthetics”Chapter 10: Stefan Bird-Pollan, “Overcoming the End of Art Thesis; the Case for Film” Chapter 11: Georg Bertram, “Hegel’s Conception of Modern Art – A Re-actualization”

Dedicated to exploring art in modern Western society, this excellent volume does indeed both instruct and delight: it instructs with lucid accounts of Hegel’s work on art and will surely delight those seeking a deeper understanding of Hegel’s aesthetic and its enduring relevance.