{"product_id":"the-linguistic-condition-9781350144378","title":"The Linguistic Condition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding a unique interpretation of Kant's theory of judgement as integral to his overall project, Claudia Brodsky explores his continued relevance to contemporary theoretical concerns. \u003ci\u003eThe Linguistic Condition\u003c\/i\u003e traces how Kant combined sensus communis, or common sense with the communicative nature of judgement to reveal that, for him, acts of judgement are dependent on their linguistic articulation, so that in Kantian philosophy language and judgement are inextricably linked. In this first in-depth analysis of language in the \u003ci\u003eCritique of Judgement\u003c\/i\u003e, Brodsky forms creative connections between literature and philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a nigh-monumental, clearly arranged and clearly argued book on the most basic terminological elements of Kant’s \u003ci\u003eCritique of Judgment—\u003c\/i\u003ewhich turn out (not surprisingly) to be key to the whole critical enterprise. Brodsky weaves her treatments of those Kantian elements with analyses of their repercussions on the philosophical and literary legacy of a range of thinkers. * Karen Feldman, Professor of German, University of California, Berkeley, USA *\u003cbr\u003eChallenging the canon of received notions about Kant and his project of critique, Brodsky’s brilliant newest book recovers the critical moment in Kant’s theory of judgment as the third and decisive critical force that underpins Kant’s critical project: the linguistic condition. Along the way, the book offers stunning explorations of Rousseau and Diderot as fellow travelers on the critical trajectory they share. Provocative, dazzling, and revelatory, Brodsky liberates Kant from a reception that has alternatively reduced his \u003ci\u003eCritique of Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e to an\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eaesthetics or a philosophy of nature, illuminating the central linchpin Kant here explores: the power to speak “in a general voice”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehe so enigmatically calls \u003ci\u003eGemeinsinn,\u003c\/i\u003e which allows us to judge but resists the conceptual grasp that any epistemology presupposes. Anything but “Common Sense” of the various longstanding varieties that attempt to conflate commonplace notions with the “grounds” on which we think and speak, Kant opens here a new line of investigation we are yet to fully appreciate. The final chapter offers compelling readings of the elusiveness of judgment in Kleist that demonstrate the poet’s profound affinity with exactly this Kantian concern, and the philosopher's critical affinity with literature. * Willi Goetschel, Professor of German and Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. Acting upon Condition           Chapter One. Introduction: Before   Judgment: Doing without Knowing in Kant and Diderot             Part I. Linguistic Conditions                                                                                               Chap. Two. “The Condition of   Judgment:” Kant’s “Common Sense,” or the Origin of Language in the Third   Critique      1.    “‘Common Sense’” and Signification, or What is Not Tautology                  2. “Technique”                                                                                                                                     3. “Free”                                                                               4. “Feeling”                                                                                                                                                     5. Speech Act and “Communicability”                                                                                                6. Rousseau’s Nouns                                                                                                                  7. Diderot’s Adjectives                                                                                                                8. Kant’s Predicates: “Synthetic   Judgments a Priori” and “A General Voice”                      9. “The Schema,” or Language Inside                                                                                                 10. What is Articulation?                                                                                                                          11. World Without Words: Wordsworth   Part II. Missing Senses and Poetics                                                                                                     Chap. Three. “Judgment” and the   Genesis of What We Lack: “Poetry,” “Schema,” and the “Monogram of Imagination” in Kant                                                       1.   “Judgment” in the “Age of Critique”                                                                                             2.    Judgment and “Indifference:” The “Common Sense” of Imagination in   Arendt   and Kant                                                                                                                                               3.    The Schema and the Language of Poetry                                                                                 4.    Poetry and the Judgment of Critique                                                                  Chap. Four.  Kleist’s Mere Formalities                                                                                           1. Kant and Kleist:   Representation and Irony            2. What happened: Missed Representation   and Misrepresentation in “Die Marquise von O…”                                        3. Contesting “Judgment” in “The   Duel”                                                                                                                 Bibliography Primary Bibliography                                                                                                                                                Secondary Bibliography","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019630346583,"sku":"9781350144378","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350144378.jpg?v=1750780837","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-linguistic-condition-9781350144378","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}