''Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime'' () is a 1991 book about the philosopher

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Critique of Judgment The ''Critique of Judgment'' (), also translated as the ''Critique of the Power of Judgment'', is a 1790 book by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant. Sometimes referred to as the "third critique", the ''Critique of Judgment'' follows the ''Crit ...

'' (1790), focusing on Kant's description of the sublime, by the French philosopher

Jean-François Lyotard Jean-François Lyotard (; ; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998) was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human body, modern art and p ...

. The book received positive reviews following the appearance of its English translation in 1994.

Summary

Lyotard discusses the philosopher Immanuel Kant's ''Critique of Judgment'', focusing on Kant's description of the sublime.

Publication history

''Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime'' was first published in 1991 by Éditions Galilée. In 1994,

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published an English translation by Elizabeth Rottenberg as part of the series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics.

Reception

The book received positive reviews from Thomas Huhn in '' Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'' and A. T. Nuyen in '' Philosophy of the Social Sciences''. Huhn described the book as "brilliant", writing that Lyotard provided a "provocative reading of Kant's doctrine of the sublime". Nuyen credited Lyotard with providing a "close and careful" discussion of portions of the ''Critique of Judgment''. Peter Fenves praised Lyotard for posing the "question of the subject of aesthetic judgment" with "renewed vigor". The philosopher Alan D. Schrift suggested that ''Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime'' is Lyotard's most important work since '' The Differend'' (1983).

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