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Исак Паси и антропологическият прочит на немската метафизическа естетика
Isak Passy and His Anthropological Reading of German Metaphysical Aesthetics

Author(s): Ognian Kassabov
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, Theory of Literature
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Isaac Passy; Hegel; Todor Pavlov; aesthetics; metaphysics; socialism; philosophical anthropology;

Summary/Abstract: The article commemorates the legacy of the Bulgarian philosopher and historian of aesthetics Isaac Passy. It particularly focuses on Passy’s reading of Hegel’s aesthetics, arguing that it is in line with a non-metaphysical understanding of Hegel’s thought. For Passy, art, more than the self-articulation of “spirit”, is an actualization of the interests of humanity. Thus, Passy combated partisanship in philosophy during the period of “state socialism”, while at the same time defending art’s social relevance and emancipatory potential.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 26-30
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English, Bulgarian