The Romantic Syndrome Toward a New Method in Cultural Anthropology and History of Ideas
In this age of specialism philosophers, like other specialists, tend to take in each other's washing. Here, perhaps imprudently, I attempt to break out of this pattern. Though I am by profes sion a philosopher, I am addressing primarily, not other philo sophers, but cultural anthropologists,...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1973, 1973
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1973 |
| Series: | International Scholars Forum
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- II. Seven Axes of Bias
- A. General Hypotheses
- B. Hypotheses Regarding Specific Biases
- III. Bias in the Arts and the Sciences
- A. The Continuum of Theoretical Behavior
- B. The Arts: Painting
- C. History
- D. The Sciences
- IV. Four Typical Syndromes
- A. The Medieval Syndrome
- B. The Renaissance Syndrome
- C. The Enlightenment Syndrome
- D. The Romantic Syndrome
- V. The Romantic Syndrome: Poetry
- A. Soft-Focus
- B. Inner-Bias
- C. Disorder-and Dynamic-Biases
- D. Continuity-Bias
- E. Other-World Bias
- VI. Contrasts Between the Romantic Syndrome and the Enlightenment Syndrome: Metaphysics
- A. Schopenhauer
- B. Hume
- C. Kant
- D. Hegel
- VII. Contrasts Between the Romantic Syndrome and The Enlightenment Syndrome: Political Theory
- A. Continuity/Discreteness Axis
- B. Order/Disorder Axis
- C. Static/Dynamic Axis
- D. The Enlightenment and Romantic Syndromes in Political Theory
- VIII. Some Applications and Some Limitations
- A. Applications
- B. Limitations
- Supplementary Notes