The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism
The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism, first published in 2000, offers a comprehensive, penetrating and informative guide to what is regarded as the classical period of German philosophy. Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Schelling are all discussed in detail, together with a number of their contemporaries, such as Hölderlin and Schleiermacher, whose influence was considerable but whose work is less well known in the English-speaking world. The essays in the volume trace and explore the unifying themes of German Idealism, and discuss their relationship to Romanticism, the Enlightenment, and the culture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. The result is an illuminating overview of a rich and complex philosophical movement, and will appeal to a wide range of readers in philosophy, German studies, theology, literature, and the history of ideas.
- First study to provide a comprehensive thematic overview of German Idealism, including treatment of lesser-known figures as well as the major names
- Distinguished team of contributors writing from both anglophone and German perspectives
- Clearly written and accessible to upper-level students
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Product details
November 2000Paperback
9780521656955
324 pages
228 × 153 × 23 mm
0.546kg
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Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Introduction: interpreting German Idealism Karl Ameriks
- 1. The Enlightenment and Idealism Frederick Beiser
- 2. Absolute Idealism and the rejection of Kantian dualism Paul Guyer
- 3. Kant's practical philosophy Allen Wood
- 4. The aesthetic holism of Hamann, Herder and Schiller Daniel Dahlstrom
- 5. All or nothing: systematicity and nihilism in Jacobi, Reinhold and Maimon Paul Franks
- 6. The early philosophy of Fichte and Schelling Rolf Peter Horstmann
- 7. Hölderlin and Novalis Charles Larmore
- 8. Hegel's Phenomenology and Logic: an overview Terry Pinkard
- 9. Hegel's practical philosophy: the realization of freedom Robert Pippin
- 10. German realism: the self-limitation of Idealism in Fichte, Schelling, and Schopenhauer Günter Zöller
- 11. Politics and the new mythology: the turn to late Romanticism Dieter Sturma
- 12. German Idealism and the arts Andrew Bowie
- 13. The legacy of Idealism in the philosophy of Feuerbach, Marx and Kierkegaard Karl Ameriks
- Bibliography
- Index.