Uncivil Unions
The Metaphysics of Marriage in German Idealism and Romanticism
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Introduction: Uncivil Union
Chapter 1. The Metaphysics of Dignity: Marriage in Kant and Fichte
Chapter 2. The Politics of the Copula: Love, Marriage, and the Question of Judgment
Chapter 3. “Marriage Is the Most Exalted Secret”: Novalis on the Metaphysics and Semiotics of Marriage
Chapter 4. Marriage between Chaos and Product: Friedrich and Dorothea Schlegel
Chapter 5. Marriage and Mediation: The Product among the Idealists
Chapter 6. Marriage Interrupted: Sophie Mereau’s Blüthenalter der Empfindung
Chapter 7. Transcendental Masturbators: Jean Paul’s Siebenkäs
Chapter 8. The Fate of Marital Autonomy in the Nineteenth Century
Epilogue: Marriage after Metaphysics
Abbreviations and Frequently Used Short Titles
Notes
Index
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