‘Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty’: A Novel Account of Beauty, Bildung, and Truth in Hegel and Thomas Mann

IF 0.2 4区哲学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

Literature and Theology Pub Date : 2021-03-25 DOI:10.1093/LITTHE/FRAA027

Deborah Casewell

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Abstract

Both Thomas Mann and G.W.F. Hegel accord beauty a particular role in their work: that of revealing truth. However, both differ in its particular stature and effectiveness. For Hegel it is an essential part of Bildung, a step to fuller knowledge of the Absolute Idea, whereas for Mann it is revelatory of the failures of Bildung, of knowledge, and self-control, and doing so it unmasks an existential truth. Drawing on Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Lukács, and Gadamer, this article explores the way in which Mann’s account of beauty, as detailed in Little Herr Friedemann and Death in Venice, challenges both Hegel’s philosophy and in doing so a particular ideal of Bildung, especially with regards to its relationship to truth.

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“美即真理，真理即美”:黑格尔和托马斯·曼对美、建设和真理的小说叙述

托马斯·曼(Thomas Mann)和黑格尔(G.W.F. Hegel)在他们的著作中都赋予了美一个特殊的角色:揭示真理。然而，两者在其特殊地位和效力方面有所不同。对于黑格尔来说，它是建构的一个重要部分，是通向绝对理念的更全面的认识的一个步骤，而对于曼恩来说，它是对建构的失败、知识的失败和自我控制的失败的启示，从而揭开了存在真理的面具。本文以尼采、叔本华、Lukács和伽达默尔为基础，探讨了曼恩对美的描述，如《小弗里德曼先生》和《威尼斯之死》中所详述的那样，挑战了黑格尔的哲学，并在此过程中挑战了一种特殊的人生理想，特别是关于它与真理的关系。

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