ABSTRACT

Arte e critica nell'estetica di Kierkegaard was published in 2003 by the International Center for the Study of Aesthetics as the 69th issue of its journal, entitled Aesthetica Preprint. The aim of Davini's study is to examine Kierkegaard's aesthetic theories according to the first meaning of the term aesthetic that was singled out by Adorno in his work Kierkegaard: Construction of the Aesthetic, where it refers to art or art theory. The reconstruction of Kierkegaard's aesthetic theory helps in the understanding of Kierkegaard's activity as a critics, but also illuminates his own art of communication. This book presents an unprecedented discussion of Kierkegaard's aesthetic theory by tracing its foundation to the criterion of the idea. Indeed, while the second meaning of the aesthetic has always received a great deal of attention from scholars and readers, and the third has in recent years acquired an important role in Kierkegaard research, the first has always been neglected.