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The ugliness of Moses Mendelssohn : aesthetics, religion and morality in the eighteenth century
- Title
- The ugliness of Moses Mendelssohn : aesthetics, religion and morality in the eighteenth century / Leah Hochman.
- Author
- Hochman, Leah
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 191 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Ugliness of Moses Mendelssohn examines the idea of ugliness through four angles: philosophical aesthetics, early anthropology, physiognomy and portraiture in the eighteenth-century. Highlighting a theory that describes the benefit of encountering ugly objects in art and nature, eighteenth-century German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn tries to recast ugliness as a positive force for education and social progress. According to this theory, ugly objects cause us to think more and thus exercise our mental abilities. Known as ugly himself, he was nevertheless portrayed in portraits and in physiognomy as an image of wisdom, gentility, and tolerance. That seeming contradiction--an ugly object (Mendelssohn) made beautiful--illustrates the possibility of his theory that ugliness itself is a positive, even redeeming characteristic of great opportunity. Presenting a novel approach to eighteenth century aesthetics, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Jewish Studies, Philosophy and History"--
- Series Statement
- Routledge Jewish studies series
- Uniform Title
- Routledge Jewish studies series.
- Subjects
- Ugliness
- Aesthetics, European
- Philosophie
- Aesthetics, European > 18th century
- Das Hässliche
- Schönheit
- Ethik
- Das Gute
- 1700-1799
- PHILOSOPHY / General
- Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786
- Mendelsohn, Moses, 1782-1861 > Portraits
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies
- Portraits
- History
- Aesthetics > Religious aspects
- Arts and religion
- Ästhetik
- Ugliness > History > 18th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Moral aesthetics: what is the ugly? -- Comeliness, glamour, ugliness: physical descriptions and moral implications -- Reading faces, reading souls: Johann Caspar Lavater's new physiognomy -- The ugly made beautiful: the meaning and appearance of Mendelssohn.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-6901
- ISBN
- 9781138781771 (hardback)
- 1138781770 (hardback)
- 9781315769615 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- 1315769611 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014015018
- OCLC
- 877366829
- Author
- Hochman, Leah, author.
- Title
- The ugliness of Moses Mendelssohn : aesthetics, religion and morality in the eighteenth century / Leah Hochman.
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge Jewish studies seriesRoutledge Jewish studies series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-6901