Creatures of Attention
Wankhammer, Johannes
The book examines the discourse on attention emerging in the European Enlightenment (1650-1780) with a focus on German philosophy and literature. It argues that this discourse influenced the formation of aesthetic philosophy in the eighteenth century. Notable figures discussed include Renâe Descartes, G.W.F. Leibniz, Christian Wolff, and Alexander Baumgarten."--