Sinnesstämning, skratt och hypokondri : Om estetisk erfarenhet i Kants tredje Kritik

• This thesis considers Immanuel Kant’s notion of sensibility in the Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790) and Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798). It directs attention to sensibility’s function in Kant’s conceptualisation of aesthetic experience and thereby shows how the central role of sensibility in the third Critique contributes to a deeper understanding of aesthetic experience. This is done through a close reading of two philosophical key terms – Gemüt and Stimmung – and two specific phenomena – laughter (Witz) and hypochondria – carried out in conversation with three works of art: Max Neuhaus’ public sound piece Times Square (1977), Sarah Lucas’ installation Au Naturel (1994) and Nazlı Dinçel’s film work Leafless (2011). Taking departure from the framework offered by Kant’s critical philosophy and his anthropological writings, I argue that the analyzed concepts and phenomena on the one hand call on the importance of sensibility in Kant’s aesthetics, and on the other show that we still need Kant to grasp present questions and central motives in contemporary art. 

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Övrig annan humaniora (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Other Humanities not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Immanuel Kant

aesthetics

sensibility

aesthetic experience

contemporary art

Gemüt

Stimmung

mind

mood/attunement

wit

laughter

hypochondria

feeling

thinking

ideal embodiment

tautegory.

Immanuel Kant

estetik

sinnlighet

estetisk erfarenhet

samtida konst

Gemüt

Stimmung

sinnesstämning

vits

skratt

hypokondri

förnimma/känna

tänka

idealt förkroppsligande

tautegori

Kritisk kulturteori

Critical and Cultural Theory

Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning

Baltic and East European studies

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

dok (subject category)