There is no theory that is not aesthetic in a certain way. Adorno, too, did not understand his aesthetic theory simply as a theory of the aesthetic, but was aware of the aesthetic implications of theory. At the same time we have to do with aesthetic objects and events in which an aesthetic theory is inherent, which show themselves as art. So from both sidestheory and aestheticsa link can be made to the etymological meaning of theoria , which understands the theoretical as a seeing or perspective. The book examines this link and simultaneity, focusing equally on the aesthetic implications of theory and the theoretical implications of aesthetic events. With contributions by Frauke Berndt, Elisabeth Bronfen, Sandra Frimmel, Julia Gelshorn & Tristan Weddigen, Fabienne Liptay, Dieter Mersch, Klaus Müller-Wille, ­Barbara Naumann, Boris Previsic, Dorota Sajewska, ­Sylvia Sasse, Rahel Villinger, Benno Wirz, Sandro Zanetti.

Sandro Zanetti ist Professor für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Zürich. Er studierte Germanistik, Geschichte und Philosophie in Basel, Freiburg im Breisgau und Tübingen. Bis zu seinem Wechsel nach Zürich 2011 forschte und lehrte er in Frankfurt am Main, Basel, Berlin und Hildesheim. Die aktuellen Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich der Produktionsästhetik, der Literatur und Kunst der Avantgarde sowie der Poetik der (Un-)Wahrscheinlichkeit.