ISBN-13: 9783110251265 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2011 / 234 str.
When the University of Halle-Wittenberg founded the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research into the European Enlightenment in 1993, it was following the destiny of its history as a centre of the Early Enlightenment in Germany which affected the whole of Europe and as one of the moving forces behind the Anthropological Turn. Research foci of the Centre have been and are Enlightenment anthropology, Enlightenment in the reference field of early modem esotericism, university history, philanthropism and the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Worlitz; more recent emphasis has been on the Early Enlightenment as a field of experimentation and the foundation of cultural models for the Modern Age. The results of this research have been published since Autumn 1995 in the Centres' research publications series entitled University of Halle Series on the European Enlightenment. In addition, there have been relevant works produced outside the Centre. Two to four volumes are published annually (monographs, collected volumes, commentaries on sources).
Die Ästhetik wird als eigenständige philosophische Disziplin im zweiten Drittel des 18. Jahrhunderts von Gelehrten an der Universität Halle begründet. Zur gleichen Zeit treibt die Frage nach dem ganzen Menschen in Halle die Gemüter um: Eine neue Wissenschaft vom Menschen, die Anthropologie, kündigt sich an. Treffend ist deshalb von einer Gleichursprünglichkeit von Ästhetik und Anthropologie gesprochen worden. Worin genau sie besteht, will dieses Buch klären.