Hegels Ästhetik als Theorie der Moderne

An often-overlooked thesis of Hegelian aesthetics is that artistic work is a locus for society’s process of self-understanding. Does this specification of location that Hegel formulated with regard to the art of his era still have relevance for today’s self-conceptions? What significance does his Aesthetics have for a theory of modernity? In this volume, renowned scholars explore these questions.


H. Nagl-Docekal, Vienna, Austria; A. Gethmann-Siefert, Hagen, Germany; E. Rózsa, Debrecen, Hungary; E. Weisser-Lohmann, Hagen, Germany.