The topography of modernity Karl Philipp Moritz and the space of autonomy /

Schreiber, Elliott, 1969-

The topography of modernity Karl Philipp Moritz and the space of autonomy / [electronic resource] : Elliott Schreiber. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2012. - xii, 179 p. : ill. - Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought . - Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toward an aesthetics of the sublime Augenblick : Moritz reading Die Leiden des jungen Werthers -- Beyond an aesthetics of containment : trajectories of the imagination in Moritz and Goethe -- Laying the foundation for independent thought : enlightenment epistemology and pedagogy -- Thinking inside the box : Moritz contra philanthropism -- Raising (and razing) the common house : Moritz and the ideology of commonality -- Pressing matters : Moritz's models of the self in the Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde -- Conclusion : Moritz's inner-worldly critique of modernity.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780801466014 (electronic bk.)




Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1756-1793 --Aesthetics.


Aesthetics, Modern--18th century.
German literature--History and criticism.
Arts, Modern--Philosophy.--18th century


Electronic books.

PT2435.M3 / Z877 2012

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