Open AccessAt the very edge of the abyss of subjectivity: Kant’s concept of the sublime
Author(s) -
Iva Draškić-Vićanović
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo2003151d
Subject(s) - sublime , subjectivity , philosophy , transcendental number , beauty , enlightenment , epistemology , greatness , aesthetics , subject (documents) , literature , art , computer science , library science
In this text the concept of the sublime is recognized as one of the most important in Kant?s philosophy. In the first part the essay deals with the influence of British aestheticians of the Enlightenment on Kant?s theory of the sublime: Addison?s outline of the notion of greatness, Burke?s concept of the sublime and Hutcheson?s definition of beauty as a phenomenological quality of human mind?s experience. In the second part essay focuses on the relations between the aesthetic and the moral from the standpoint of transcendental analysis. Comparing and contrasting key characteristics of judgment of beauty and judgment of sublime author examines the boundaries of this method. In author?s opinion, transcendental analysis, when the concept of the sublime is concerned, reaches its highest point, that is to say, it has been brought to the very edge of the abyss of subjectivity.