Part I. The Historical Sublime: 1. The eighteenth-century sublime; 2. The Kantian sublime I: pre-critical and critical work; 3. The Kantian sublime II: nature and morality; 4. The Romantic sublime; Part II. The Contemporary Sublime: 5. Art and the sublime; 6. Tragedy and the sublime; 7. The sublime, terrible beauty, and ugliness; 8. The environmental sublime.
A philosophical study of the sublime from the height of its popularity to its renewed importance as a form of appreciating and valuing nature.
Emily Brady is Reader in Aesthetics at the Institute of Geography and Environment, and an Academic Associate in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include environmental aesthetics (nature, art, cultural landscapes and everyday life), environmental ethics, Kant and eighteenth-century philosophy. Brady is author of Aesthetics of the Natural Environment (2003) and co-editor of Aesthetic Concepts: Essays after Sibley (2001), Humans in the Land: The Ethics and Aesthetics of the Cultural Landscape (2008) and Human-Environment Relations: Transformative Values in Theory and Practice (with Pauline Phemister, 2012). Brady has been a Laurance S. Rockefeller Faculty Fellow at Princeton University's Center for Human Values and is a past president of the International Society for Environmental Ethics. She has been an associate editor of Environmental Values and a co-editor of Society and Space and has also served as secretary, treasurer and executive committee member of the British Society of Aesthetics.
'… an ambitious, erudite, and impressive study of the history of
the aesthetic category of the sublime that makes a strong case for
the ongoing relevance of the sublime as an important aesthetic
category in environmental aesthetics. It should be read by anyone
seriously interested in the connections between aesthetics, ethics
and nature.' Sandra Shapshay, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
'For those interested in an in-depth examination of the sublime
over an extended period of time, pairing this volume with Timothy
Costelloe's edited The Sublime would provide a nice overarching
analysis. Summing up: recommended. Upper-division undergraduates
and above.' Choice
'Owing to the quality of its scholarship, Brady's book is sure to
be a standard reference. Those looking for a trustworthy one-stop
shop on the sublime as historically conceived need look no farther.
[The] concluding chapter is a welcome and edifying contribution to
the literature that seeks to keep the past firmly alive for the
present.' Christopher Williams, Journal of the History of
Philosophy
'In this detailed, scholarly work Emily Brady seeks to renew the
aesthetic concept of the sublime by clarifying its heritage and
demonstrating its relevance to contemporary, environmental
sensibilities.' Isis Brook, Environmental Values
'The book is a considerable achievement and an important one for
those working in aesthetics or environmental philosophy. There is
great insight here about a significant aesthetic experience and the
light it sheds on the human relation to nature. Those interested in
the historical development of the notion of the sublime should also
pay attention to this book. Brady has made her case that the
sublime deserves a prominent place in contemporary aesthetics and
environmental thought.' Ned Hettinger, Environmental Ethics Journal
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