Modernity, subjectivity, liberalism, and nationalism -- The symbol and the aesthetic sphere -- Schiller's aesthetic state -- Symbol, state, and Clerisy: the aesthetic politics of Coleridge -- The best self and the private self: Matthew Arnold on culture and the state -- Aesthetic kingship and queenship: Ruskin on the state and the home -- The aesthetic and political spheres in contemporary theory: Adorno and Habermas
Summary
This study argues that our modern conception of the aesthetic sphere emerged during the era of British and German Romanticism from conflicts between competing models of the liberal state and the cultural nation
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-151) and index
