Alexander Regier
Biographic Data
| ID | 5778481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Regier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Regier |
| SIGNATURE | REGIER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rice University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sporting Cultures, 1650–1850
In the eighteenth century sport as we know it emerged as a definable social activity. Hunting and other country sports became the source of significant innovations in visual art; racing and boxing generated important subcultures; and sport's impact on good health permeated medical, historical, and philosophical writings. Sporting Cultures, 1650-1850 is a collection of essays that charts important developments in the study of sport in the eighteen…
The Magic of the Corner: Walter Benjamin and Street Names
This essay begins by considering Walter Benjamin's observation that “the meeting of two different street names makes for the magic of the ‘corner.’ ” It argues that the seemingly whimsical topic of street names in fact links a set of major themes of the Benjaminian corpus—especially the issues of language and the city—in a meaningful way. In various writings (Arcades, Berlin Childhood), Benjamin considers how the linguistic, political, social, an…
Judgement and Experience in the Language of Confessional Sports
Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht's In praise of athletic beauty (2006) powerfully thematises some of the most important connections between aesthetics and sport. This essay responds to Gumbrecht's book by analysing the language in which it articulates its central philosophical presuppositions. The discussion begins by describing how In praise forms part of a contemporary trend of writings on aesthetics (and aesthetic experience) that is articulated in an au…
The Magic of the Corner: Walter Benjamin and Street Names
This essay begins by considering Walter Benjamin's observation that “the meeting of two different street names makes for the magic of the ‘corner.’ ” It argues that the seemingly whimsical topic of street names in fact links a set of major themes of the Benjaminian corpus—especially the issues of language and the city—in a meaningful way. In various writings (Arcades, Berlin Childhood), Benjamin considers how the linguistic, political, social, an…
Judgement and Experience in the Language of Confessional Sports
Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht's In praise of athletic beauty (2006) powerfully thematises some of the most important connections between aesthetics and sport. This essay responds to Gumbrecht's book by analysing the language in which it articulates its central philosophical presuppositions. The discussion begins by describing how In praise forms part of a contemporary trend of writings on aesthetics (and aesthetic experience) that is articulated in an au…
The Magic of the Corner: Walter Benjamin and Street Names
This essay begins by considering Walter Benjamin's observation that “the meeting of two different street names makes for the magic of the ‘corner.’ ” It argues that the seemingly whimsical topic of street names in fact links a set of major themes of the Benjaminian corpus—especially the issues of language and the city—in a meaningful way. In various writings (Arcades, Berlin Childhood), Benjamin considers how the linguistic, political, social, an…
Sporting Cultures, 1650–1850
In the eighteenth century sport as we know it emerged as a definable social activity. Hunting and other country sports became the source of significant innovations in visual art; racing and boxing generated important subcultures; and sport's impact on good health permeated medical, historical, and philosophical writings. Sporting Cultures, 1650-1850 is a collection of essays that charts important developments in the study of sport in the eighteen…
Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Beauty (1 works) · Counterintuitive (1 works) · Dialectic (1 works)