Rousseau and German Idealism - Freedom, Dependence and Necessity

Informationen zum Autor David James is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Fichte's Social and Political Philosophy: Property and Virtue (Cambridge, 2011). Klappentext A systematic account of Rousseau's significance in relation to Kant's, Fichte's and Hegel's views on freedom, dependence and necessity. Zusammenfassung This book provides a systematic account of Rousseau's significance in relation to Kant's! Fichte's and Hegel's views on freedom! dependence and necessity. It offers valuable insight to all those studying eighteenth-century philosophy! German idealism and the history of ideas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Rousseau on freedom, dependence and necessity; 2. Evil and perfectibility in Kant's liberalism; 3. Imposing order: Rousseau and Fichte on property; 4. Will and necessity in Hegel's philosophy of right; 5. Activism and idleness: Fichte's critique of Rousseau.

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• Authors: David James
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2016
• EAN: 9781316609484
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60948-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards