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Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime
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<h2 id="summary">Summary</h2> <p>Lyotard discusses the philosopher Immanuel Kant's <i>Critique of Judgment</i>, focusing on Kant's description of the sublime.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="publication-history">Publication history</h2> <p><i>Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime</i> was first published in 1991 by <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589ditions_Galil%25C3%25A9e/Wb3QL80w">Éditions Galilée</a>. In 1994, <a href="/facts/Stanford_University_Press/CXbQ8qFM">Stanford University Press</a> published an English translation by Elizabeth Rottenberg as part of the series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="reception">Reception</h2> <p>The book received positive reviews from Thomas Huhn in <i><a href="/facts/Journal_of_Aesthetics_and_Art_Criticism/9AU0gYLF">Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism</a></i> and A. T. Nuyen in <i><a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_the_Social_Sciences_(journal)/4dsVIEN3">Philosophy of the Social Sciences</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Huhn described the book as "brilliant", writing that Lyotard provided a "provocative reading of Kant's doctrine of the sublime".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Nuyen credited Lyotard with providing a "close and careful" discussion of portions of the <i>Critique of Judgment</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Peter Fenves praised Lyotard for posing the "question of the subject of aesthetic judgment" with "renewed vigor".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> The philosopher <a href="/facts/Alan_D._Schrift/2hVf3alo">Alan D. Schrift</a> suggested that <i>Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime</i> is Lyotard's most important work since <i><a href="/facts/The_Differend/t921XodG">The Differend</a></i> (1983).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <p>Books </p> <ul><li>Lyotard, Jean-François (1994). <i>Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime</i>. Stanford, California: <a href="/facts/Stanford_University_Press/CXbQ8qFM">Stanford University Press</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0804722421.</li> <li>Schrift, Alan D. (2017). "Lyotard, Jean-François". In Audi, Robert (ed.). <i>The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition</i>. Cambridge: <a href="/facts/Cambridge_University_Press/fgEBSSRq">Cambridge University Press</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-107-64379-6.</li></ul> <p>Journals </p> <ul><li>Fenves, Peter (1994). "Book reviews". <i><a href="/facts/Eighteenth-Century_Studies/f1xITAax">Eighteenth-Century Studies</a></i>. 28 (1). <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2739224">10.2307/2739224</a>. <a href="/facts/JSTOR_(identifier)/YTeVmaJ7">JSTOR</a> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2739224">2739224</a>.</li> <li>Huhn, Thomas (1995). "Book reviews". <i><a href="/facts/The_Journal_of_Aesthetics_and_Art_Criticism/9AU0gYLF">The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism</a></i>. 53 (1). – via <a href="https://www.ebsco.com">EBSCO</a>'s Academic Search Complete (subscription required)</li> <li>Nuyen, A. T. (1996). "Book reviews". <i><a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_the_Social_Sciences_(journal)/4dsVIEN3">Philosophy of the Social Sciences</a></i>. 26 (4). <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F004839319602600406">10.1177/004839319602600406</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Lyotard 1994, pp. 1–264. - Lyotard, Jean-François (1994). Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804722421. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Lyotard 1994, pp. iii–iv, vi. - Lyotard, Jean-François (1994). Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804722421. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Huhn 1995, pp. 89–91. - Huhn, Thomas (1995). "Book reviews". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 53 (1). <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Nuyen 1996, pp. 557–572. - Nuyen, A. T. (1996). "Book reviews". Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 26 (4). doi:10.1177/004839319602600406. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F004839319602600406" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1177%2F004839319602600406</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Huhn 1995, pp. 89–91. - Huhn, Thomas (1995). "Book reviews". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 53 (1). <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Nuyen 1996, pp. 557–572. - Nuyen, A. T. (1996). "Book reviews". Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 26 (4). doi:10.1177/004839319602600406. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F004839319602600406" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1177%2F004839319602600406</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Fenves 1994, pp. 65–82. - Fenves, Peter (1994). "Book reviews". Eighteenth-Century Studies. 28 (1). doi:10.2307/2739224. JSTOR 2739224. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2739224" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2739224</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Schrift 2017, p. 619. - Schrift, Alan D. (2017). "Lyotard, Jean-François". In Audi, Robert (ed.). The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-64379-6. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>