Philosophy and Temporality From Kant to Critical Theory

Critical analysis of how key philosophers in the European tradition responded to the emergence of a modern conception of temporality.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The historicity of time; 2. Modern temporality; 3. Two responses to the time of modernity; 4. Hegel's temporalization of the absolute; 5. Schopenhauer and transcendence; 6. Time and myth in early Nietzsche; 7. Recurrence and authenticity: the later Nietzsche; 8. Heidegger on boredom and modernity; 9. A modernist critique of postmodern temporality; Conclusion.

About the author

Espen Hammer is Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. He has lectured widely in the United States and Europe, and he is a former Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Frankfurt. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research and the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Stanley Cavell: Skepticism, Subjectivity, and the Ordinary (2002) and Adorno and the Political (2005), and the editor of German Idealism: Contemporary Perspectives (2007).

Summary

This book is a critical analysis of how key philosophers in the European tradition have responded to the emergence of a modern conception of temporality. Espen Hammer presents a rich exploration of an enduring philosophical theme: the role of temporality in shaping and reshaping modern human affairs.

Product details

• Authors: Espen Hammer, Espen (Professor Hammer, Hammer Espen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107630291
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63029-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Modern European Philosophy (Pa; Modern European Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy