Johann Georg Hamann And The Enlightenment Project - Robert Alan Sparling
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Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) was a German philosopher who offered in his writings a radical critique of the Enlightenment's reverence for reason. A pivotal figure in the Sturm und Drang movement, his thought influenced such writers as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Gottfried Herder. As a friend of Immanuel Kant, Hamann was the first writer to comment on the Critique of Pure Reason, and his work foreshadows the linguistic turn in philosophy as well as numerous elements of twentieth century hermeneutics and existentialism. Johann Georg Hamann and the Enlightenment Project addresses Hamann's oeuvre from the perspective of political philosophy, focusing on his views concerning the public use of reason, social contract theory, autonomy, aesthetic morality and the politics of 'taste,' and the technocratic ideal of enlightened despotism. Robert Alan Sparling situates Hamann's work historically, elucidates his somewhat difficult writing, and argues for his relevance in the ongoing culture wars over the meri...
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2011Uitgever: University of Toronto Press341 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1442642157ISBN-13: 9781442642157Koop dit boek tweedehands
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University of Toronto Press: Toronto, 2011. Bound with dustwrapper, vii-xvii + 341pp. Notes, bibliography. 16x23x2,9cm. In fine condition. [Parcel Service]. [Categorie: Filosofie] [Auteur: Sparling, Robert Alan.] [Jaar: 2011] [Titel: Johann Georg Hamann and the Enlightenment Project.]
