Research Catalog

Title

The Cambridge companion to Fichte / edited by David James, University of Warwick, and Günter Zöller, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich.

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• James, David, 1966-
• Zöller, Günter, 1954-

Description

xx, 419 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814) was the founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a branch of thought which grew out of Kant's critical philosophy. Fichte's work formed the crucial link between eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought and philosophical, as well as literary, Romanticism. Some of his ideas also foreshadow later nineteenth- and twentieth-century developments in philosophy and in political thought, including existentialism, nationalism and socialism. This volume offers essays on all the major aspects of Fichte's philosophy, ranging from the successive versions of his foundational philosophical science or Wissenschaftslehre, through his ethical and political thought, to his philosophies of history and religion. All the main stages of Fichte's philosophical career and development are charted, and his ideas are placed in their historical and intellectual context. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Fichte currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Fichte.

Series Statement

Cambridge companions [to philosophy]

Uniform Title

Cambridge companions to philosophy.

Subject

• Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814
• Aufsatzsammlung

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

From Kant to Fichte -- Fichte and the French Revolution -- Fichte's explanation of the dynamic structure of consciousness in the 1794-95 Wissenschaftslehre -- The Wissenschaftslehre of 1796-99 (nova methodo) -- Fichte's later presentations of the Wissenschaftslehre -- Fichte's philosophy of rights and ethics -- Fichte's political economy and his theory of property -- The Wissenschaftslehre and historical engagement -- Ending individuality : the mission of a nation in Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation -- Fichte's philosophy of religion -- Fichte and the development of early German Romantic philosophy -- Fichte and Schelling : the limitations of the Wissenschaftslehre? -- Fichte and Hegel on recognition and slavery -- Fichte's position : anti-subjectivism, self-awareness and self-location in the space of reasons.

Call Number

JFE 17-3556

ISBN

• 9780521478052
• 0521478057
• 9780521472265
• 0521472261

LCCN

2016030567

OCLC

953576414

Title

The Cambridge companion to Fichte / edited by David James, University of Warwick, and Günter Zöller, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge companions [to philosophy]

Cambridge companions to philosophy.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

James, David, 1966- editor.

Zöller, Günter, 1954- editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-3556