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Romantic Theory

Forms of Reflexivity in the Revolutionary Era

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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This original study explores the new idea of theory that emerged in the wake of the French Revolution. Leon Chai sees in the Romantic age a significant movement across several broad fields of intellectual endeavor, from theoretical concepts to an attempt to understand how they arise. He contends that this movement led to a spatial treatment of concepts, the primacy of development over concepts, and the creation of metatheory, or the formal analysis of theory. Chai begins with P. B. Shelley on the need for conceptual framework, or theory. He then considers how Friedrich Wolf and Friedrich Schlegel shift from a preoccupation with antiquity to a heightened self-awareness of Romantic nostalgia for that lost past. He finds a similar reflexivity in Napoleon's battle plan at Jena and, subsequently, in Hegel's move from substance to subject. Chai then turns to the sciences: Xavier Bichat's rejection of the idea of a unitary vital principle for life as process; the chemical theory of matter developed by Humphry Davy; and the work of Evariste Galois, whose proof of the solvability of equations using radicals ushered in the age of metatheory.Chai concludes with reactions to theory: Coleridge's proposal of the conflict between reason and understanding as a model of theory, Mary Shelley's effort to replace theory with a different kind of relationship to external others, and Holderlin's reflection on the limits of representation and the possibility of fulfillment beyond it.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-09-25
Mått152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801883965
UtmärkelserWinner of Jean-Pierre Barricelli Book Prize 2007 (United States)

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I would unhesitatingly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in how the history of thought impinges on current theoretical concerns. -- James Carey French Studies 2008 An excellent monograph, which should be required reading for those interested in the theoretical underpinnings of the Romantic period as well as Romantic scholars in general. -- G. Todd Davis BARS Bulletin and Review 2007 Fine new study... Chai's book makes a valuable contribution to the study of Romanticism. -- Thomas Pfau Red Orbit 2008 Chai's book will quickly occupy a place among those prominent recent works that have shaped the understanding of both Romanticism and our relationship to it. -- Brian Tucker Monatshefte 2008 This is a difficult but rewarding book. It will make its mark even on those readers least prepared to assent to Chai's arguments, and it is likely to instigate an intriguing debate. Wordsworth Circle 2007 Quite refined, and from such scholarship readers will surely benefit. -- Brad Prager Comparative Literature Studies 2008 Highly thought provoking study. Forum of Modern Language Studies 2009