Why; and in what manner; did artist Paul Klee have such a significant impact on twentieth-century thinkers? His art and his writing inspired leading philosophers to produce key texts in twentieth-century aesthetics; texts that influenced subsequent art history and criticism. Heidegger; Adorno; Benjamin; Merleau-Ponty; Lyotard; Sartre; Foucault; Blanchot; Derrida; and Marion are among the philosophers who have engaged with Klees art and writings. Their views are often thought to be distant from each other; but Watson puts them in conversation. His point is not to vindicate any final interpretation of Klee but to allow his interpreters different accounts to interact; to shed light on their and on Klees work; and; in turn; to delineate both a history and a theoretical problematic in their midst. Crescent Moon over the Rational reveals an evolving theoretical constellation of interpretations and their questions (theoretical; artistic; and political) that address and continually renew Klees rich legacies.
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