Philosophy of Art Journal: A Liminal Wander Art Publication

A colorful pointillist-style illustration of Søren Kierkegaard with yellow hair, a pensive expression, and his hand near his mouth. Birds, clouds, and scattered floating books surround him against a dotted night sky.

The Death of the Subject in Art - Part VI: The ...

From Ideal Freedom to Material Chains: Irony, Alienation and the Realist Imagination The ideal of the subject that appears as fully real in Romantic thought and in German Idealist philosophy...

The Death of the Subject in Art - Part VI: The ...

From Ideal Freedom to Material Chains: Irony, Alienation and the Realist Imagination The ideal of the subject that appears as fully real in Romantic thought and in German Idealist philosophy...

Side portrait of an Enlightenment philosopher in deep contemplation, illuminated softly against a dark background filled with handwritten formulas and abstract brushstrokes.

The Death of the Subject in Art – Part V: Ideal...

The Ideal Subject, Absolute Spirit and the Romantic Work of Art "The spirit of this world is spiritual essence permeated by a self-consciousness which knows itself to be directly present...

The Death of the Subject in Art – Part V: Ideal...

The Ideal Subject, Absolute Spirit and the Romantic Work of Art "The spirit of this world is spiritual essence permeated by a self-consciousness which knows itself to be directly present...

Stylized portrait of Immanuel Kant split into fragmented, cosmic layers, symbolizing reason, moral autonomy, and the transcendental structure of the mind.

The Death of the Subject in Art – Part IV: Rous...

The Enlightened Subject and His Transcendentalization The difference between the approach to the human being and to his “subject” in the seventeenth century and in the eighteenth can be traced...

The Death of the Subject in Art – Part IV: Rous...

The Enlightened Subject and His Transcendentalization The difference between the approach to the human being and to his “subject” in the seventeenth century and in the eighteenth can be traced...

Surreal portrait of René Descartes with geometric beams of light projecting from his eyes, symbolizing rational thought and the emergence of the modern subject.

The Death of the Subject in Art – Part III: Des...

Exploring the birth of the rational subject through Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz — from the cogito to the monad — this chapter traces how reason, divinity, and nature shaped modern...

The Death of the Subject in Art – Part III: Des...

Exploring the birth of the rational subject through Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz — from the cogito to the monad — this chapter traces how reason, divinity, and nature shaped modern...

Two human figures stand beneath cosmic orbits and a swirling void — symbolizing the dissolution of the subject and the tension between self and reality.

The Death of the Subject in Art – Part II: The ...

Genealogy of the Concept “Subject” Basis of the Claim This chapter—besides offering a deterministic survey of the concept “subject” and an etymological overview of the word—also lays out a concise...

The Death of the Subject in Art – Part II: The ...

Genealogy of the Concept “Subject” Basis of the Claim This chapter—besides offering a deterministic survey of the concept “subject” and an etymological overview of the word—also lays out a concise...

A lone figure stands before a glowing red square above a city skyline — a surreal image symbolizing the death of the subject in art.

The Death of the Subject in art - Part I: Decon...

This essay examines the idea of the “death of the subject” in art through Charlie Kaufman’s film Synecdoche, New York. It traces how Kaufman’s work engages with philosophical and artistic...

The Death of the Subject in art - Part I: Decon...

This essay examines the idea of the “death of the subject” in art through Charlie Kaufman’s film Synecdoche, New York. It traces how Kaufman’s work engages with philosophical and artistic...