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A short history of German philosophy
- Title
- A short history of German philosophy / Vittorio Hösle ; Translated by Steven Rendall.
- Author
- Hösle, Vittorio, 1960-
- Publication
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Rendall, Steven
- Description
- xxii, 275 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- This concise but comprehensive book provides an original history of German-language philosophy from the Middle Ages to today. In an accessible narrative that explains complex ideas in clear language, Vittorio Hosle traces the evolution of German philosophy and describes its central influence on other aspects of German culture, including literature, politics, and science. Starting with the medieval mystic Meister Eckhart, the book addresses the philosophical changes brought about by Luther's reformation, and then presents a detailed account of the classical age of German philosophy, including the work of Leibniz and Kant; the rise of a new form of humanities in Lessing, Hamann, Herder, and Schiller; the early Romantics; and the Idealists Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel. The following chapters investigate the collapse of the German synthesis in Schopenhauer, Feuerbach, Marx, and Nietzsche.0Turning to the twentieth-century, the book explores the rise of analytical philosophy in Frege and the Vienna and Berlin circles; the foundation of the historical sciences in Neo-Kantianism and Dilthey; Husserl's phenomenology and its radical alteration by Heidegger; the Nazi philosophers Gehlen and Schmitt; and the main West German philosophers, including Gadamer, Jonas, and those of the two Frankfurt schools. Arguing that there was a distinctive German philosophical tradition from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, the book closes by examining why that tradition largely ended in the decades after World War II. A philosophical history remarkable for its scope, brevity, and lucidity, this is an invaluable book for students of philosophy and anyone interested in German intellectual and cultural history.
- Uniform Title
- Kurze Geschichte der deutschen Philosophie. English
- Alternative Title
- Kurze Geschichte der deutschen Philosophie.
- Subject
- Note
- "Originally published as Eine kurze Geschichte der deutschen Philosophie by Vittorio Hosle (c) Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, Munchen 2013."
- Translated from the German.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-1476
- ISBN
- 9780691167190
- 0691167192
- LCCN
- 2016007315
- 40026606301
- OCLC
- 939597258
- Author
- Hösle, Vittorio, 1960- author.
- Title
- A short history of German philosophy / Vittorio Hösle ; Translated by Steven Rendall.
- Publisher
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Rendall, Steven, translator.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40026606301
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1476