''Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime'' (french: Leçons sur l'Analytique du Sublime) is a 1991 book about the philosopher

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

's '' Critique of Judgment'' (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 ...

. 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 Éditions Galilée is a French publishing house located in Paris, and was founded in 1971 by Michel Delorme. It specializes in philosophy, French literature, arts and human sciences. Focusing on the Deconstructionism, deconstructionist thought of ...

. In 1994, Stanford University Press 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 ''The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of aesthetics and art criticism. It was published by Wiley-Blackwell Wiley-Blackwell is an international scientific, technical, me ...

'' 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 ''The Differend: Phrases in Dispute'' (french: Le Différend) is a 1983 book by the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard. Summary In ''The Differend'', based on Immanuel Kant's views on the separation of Understanding, Judgment, and Reason, ...

'' (1983).

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