LEADER 04450nam a22007691i 4500001 99105322313506421 005 20231117192459.0 006 m |o d | 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 230530s2017 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 019 1004560648 020 9781787440609 (electronic bk.) 020 1787440605 (electronic bk.) 020 |z9781640140028 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 |z1640140026 (hardcover : alk. paper) 024 8 13491463 035 (NhCcYBP)om836054896 035 (OCoLC)1004564504 035 |z(NjP)Voyager10532231 037 22573/ctt1t4scxm |bJSTOR 040 NhCcYBP |beng |erda |epn |cNhCcYBP 043 e-gx--- 050 4 DS61.85 |b.G468 2017 082 04 303.48/24305 |223 090 Electronic Resource 099 Electronic Resource 100 1 Germana, Nicholas A., |eauthor. 245 14 The anxiety of autonomy and the aesthetics of German orientalism / |cNicholas A. Germana. 264 1 Rochester, New York : |bCamden House, |c2017. 300 1 online resource 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 490 1 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 520 "German orientalism has been understood, variously, as a form of latent colonialism, as a quest for academic hegemony in Europe, and as an effort to diagnose and treat the ills of modern Western culture. Nicholas Germana identifies a different impetus for orientalism in German thought, seeing it as an effort to come to grips with the Other within German society at the turn of the nineteenth century and within the dynamics of subjectivity itself. Drawing largely on work by feminist scholars, the book uncovers an anxiety at the core of Kantian and post-Kantian thought, thus shedding light on its derogation (or elevation) of Oriental cultures. Kant's philosophy of freedom is a construction of modern, Western masculinity. Reason, which alone can make freedom possible, subverts and orders chaotic nature and protects the rational subject from the enervating influences of the senses and the imagination. The feminized, sexually-charged Orient is a threat to the historical achievement of Western male rationality. Germana's book emphasizes aesthetics in the German orientalist discourse, a subject that has received little attention to date. In this tradition of German thought, aesthetics became a form of spiritual anthropology, ordering and classifying societies, races, and genders in terms of their ability to master the senses and the imagination, forces that undermine rational autonomy, the very source of human (i.e. masculine) dignity."--Provided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index. 533 Electronic reproduction. |bNew York |nAvailable via World Wide Web. 588 Description based on print version record. 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 600 10 Kant, Immanuel, |d1724-1804 |xInfluence. 600 17 Kant, Immanuel, |d1724-1804. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00031763 600 17 Kant, Immanuel |d1724-1804 |2gnd 650 0 Orientalism |zGermany |xHistory. 650 0 Philosophy, German. 650 0 East and West |xHistory. 651 0 Germany |xIntellectual life. 650 7 East and West. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00901090 650 7 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 Intellectual life. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00975769 650 7 Orientalism. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01048139 650 7 Philosophy, German. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01060969 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 650 7 Deutsch |2gnd 650 7 Orientalisierende Literatur |2gnd 650 7 Ästhetik. |2gnd 650 7 Philosophie |2gnd 651 7 Deutschland |2gnd 776 08 |cOriginal |z9781640140028 |z1640140026 |w(DLC) 2017017143 |w(OCoLC)973111479 830 0 Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 902 connell |bz |6a |7m |dw |f0 |e20171128 910 JSTOR DDA 910 |d3110-55 |gYBP |h715445 956 40 |uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1t6p5n2 956 40 |uhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1t6p5n2 961 |hJSTUU |iJST |jUU |jUU |kPrinceton permanent acquisition 980 14810890 980 14810890 |f715445 |i158.70 |j158.70 |n99993911986