Winfried Menninghaus
Winfried Menninghaus
Winfried Menninghaus is professor of General and Comparative Literature at the Free University of Berlin.
Winfried Menninghaus is professor of General and Comparative Literature at the Free University of Berlin.
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Year of Publication: 2011
Winfried MenninghausYear of Publication: 2011
Why Art?
Winfried Menninghaus develops a convincing explanation why, from what and when human arts were created.
Charles Darwin derived his model of aesthetic representation and...
Charles Darwin derived his model of aesthetic representation and...
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English world rights (Academic Studies Press), Japan (Hosei UP)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Italy (Grafiche Fiorini)
Year of Publication: 2003
Winfried MenninghausYear of Publication: 2003
The Promise of Beauty
What is the secret of beauty? What is its power, its perception, its premise, its promise? The power of beauty comes from the lure of a promise embedded in its perception. But a promise is...
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Japan (Gendai Shicho Shinsha)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Italy (Aesthetica)
Year of Publication: 2002
Winfried MenninghausYear of Publication: 2002
Disgust
Disgust (Ekel, dégoût) is a state of high alert. It acutely says »no« to a variety of phenomena that seemingly threaten the integrity of the self, if not its very...
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English world rights (SUNY Press), Japan (Hosei UP), Poland (Universitas)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Italy (Mimesis)
Year of Publication: 1995
Winfried MenninghausYear of Publication: 1995
In Praise of Nonsense
Shells, leafwork, picture frames, hummingbirds, wallpaper decorations, hems of clothing – such are the examples Kant's Critique of Judgment offers for a »free« and purely aesthetic...
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English world rights (Stanford UP)