Aesthetics and mythology in classical German philosophy

• Grant number: 14/01548-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: February 01, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Marco Aurélio Werle
• Grantee: Pedro Augusto da Costa Franceschini
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/10271-0 - Aesthetics and mythology in Schelling's philosophy, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The main goal of this research project is to propose the investigation of the movement of mythology into the aesthetics of German intellectual scenery in the end of the 18th century, in its articulating role of arts contents, but also as grounding for this discipline as an autonomous and privileged field in philosophy. It consists therefore to question, through a thematic approach, how this field, in which mythological phenomena leads into the philosophy of art by its symbolical power, turned out represent a solution to the most fundamental requirement of the speculative reason, which is the exposition of the absolute in a unification of subject and object. Respecting the nature itself of the treated subject, our intention is to follow how mythology appears in the works of authors such as Herder and Moritz and moves to the center of thoughts that shift the source of philosophy to the artistic experience, like Hölderlins and Schellings. Our hypothesis is that the notion of mythology can offer a reading key to the grounding of the aesthetics in German classical philosophy and to the significant and central role that art acquires inside the philosophy of that time. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FRANCESCHINI, Pedro Augusto da Costa. Aesthetics and Mythology in German Classical Philosophy. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.