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This collection of articles by an international group of leading experts has its special focus on the relevance of Karl Jaspers's philosophy for the social sciences. It also includes classical evaluations of Jaspers's thinking by renowned authors Talcott Parsons and Jürgen Habermas.
List of contents
Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction Karl Jaspers-A "Social Scientist's Philosopher" - Hans Joas; Chapter 1 Karl Jaspers- Talcott Parsons; Chapter 2 Karl Jaspers and Max Weber- Austin Harrington; Chapter 3 The Limits of Historicism: Karl Jaspers, Wilhelm Dilthey and Georg Simmel- Christopher Thornhill; Chapter 4 Karl Jaspers as Psychiatrist- Thomas Fuchs; Chapter 5 Karl Jaspers and His Criticism of Psychoanalysis- Matthias Bormuth; Chapter 6 Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers- Dana Villa; Chapter 7 Another Cold War Liberalism? Coming to Terms with Karl Jaspers's Political Thought- Carmen Lea Dege; Chapter 8 Revealed Religion and Philosophical Faith: A Critical Analysis of the Position of Karl Jaspers- Werner Schüßler; Chapter 9 Karl Jaspers and the Axial Age- Jan Assmann; Chapter 10 The Conflict of Beliefs: Karl Jaspers on the Clash of Cultures- Jürgen Habermas; Index
About the author
Hans Joas is the Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.
Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.
Summary
This collection of articles by an international group of leading experts has its special focus on the relevance of Karl Jaspers’s philosophy for the social sciences. It also includes classical evaluations of Jaspers’s thinking by renowned authors Talcott Parsons and Jürgen Habermas.
