Cambridge Companion to German Idealism

Comprehensive and incisive, with three new chapters, this updated edition sees world-renowned scholars explore a rich and complex philosophical movement.

List of contents

Introduction: interpreting German Idealism Karl Ameriks; 1. The Enlightenment and idealism Frederick Beiser; 2. Absolute idealism and the rejection of Kantian dualism Paul Guyer; 3. Kant's practical philosophy Allen W. Wood; 4. Aesthetic reflection and human nature: the Kantian thread in Early German Romanticism Jane Kneller; 5. The aesthetic holism of Hamann, Herder, and Schiller Daniel O. Dahlstrom; 6. All or nothing: systematicity and nihilism in Jacobi, Reinhold, and Maimon Paul Franks; 7. The early philosophy of Fichte and Schelling Rolf-Peter Horstmann; 8. Philosophy and the Chemical Revolution after Kant Michela Massimi; 9. Hölderlin and Novalis Charles Larmore; 10. Hegel's Phenomenology and Logic: an overview Terry Pinkard; 11. Hegel's practical philosophy: the realization of freedom Robert Pippin; 12. Organism and System in German Idealism Rachel Zuckert; 13. German realism: the self-limitation of idealist thinking in Fichte, Schelling, and Schopenhauer Günter Zölle; 14. Politics and the New Mythology: the turn to Late Romanticism Dieter Sturma; 15. German Idealism and the arts Andrew Bowie; 16. The legacy of idealism in the philosophy of Feuerbach, Marx, and Kierkegaard Karl Ameriks.

About the author

Karl Ameriks is McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy (emeritus) at the University of Notre Dame. He has published numerous books on Kant, including Kant's Theory of Mind (1982), Kant and the Fate of Autonomy (Cambridge, 2000), and Kant's Elliptical Path (2012), as well as other edited and translated volumes. He has also served as co-editor of the Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy series.

Summary

Including three new chapters and an updated bibliography, this second edition is a crucial reference tool for the classical period of German philosophy. Systematically organized, and examining the roles of major and less well-known figures, this volume will be important for scholars and students of European philosophy at all levels.

Product details

• Authors: Karl Ameriks, Karl (University of Notre Dame Ameriks
• Assisted by: Karl Ameriks (Editor), Karl (University of Notre Dame Ameriks (Editor), Ameriks Karl (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781316602362
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60236-2
• No. of pages: 430
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy; Cambridge Companions to Philos; Cambridge Companions to Philosophy; Cambridge Companions to Philos
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Germany, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought