<i>German Aesthetics </i>provides English-speaking audiences with accessible explanations of fundamental concepts from the German tradition of philosophical aesthetics. Organized with the understanding that aesthetic concepts are often highly contested intellectual territory and that the usage and meanings of terms often shift within historical cultural and political debates this volume brings together scholars of German literature philosophy film studies musicology and history to provide informative and creative interpretations of German aesthetics that will be useful to students and scholars alike.<i></i>