German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short

German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

German philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. Without Kant, Frege, Wittgenstein, and Husserl there would be no Anglo-American 'analytical' style of philosophy. Moreover, without Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, the 'Continental Philosophy' of Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou, and Zizek, which has had major effects on humanities subjects in recent years, is incomprehensible. Knowledge of German philosophy is, then, an indispensable
prerequisite of theoretically informed study in the humanities as a whole.

German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction discusses the idea that German philosophy forms one of the most revealing responses to the problems of 'modernity'. The rise of the modern natural sciences and the related decline of religion raises a series of questions, which recur throughout German philosophy, concerning the relationships between knowledge and faith, reason and emotion, and scientific, ethical, and artistic ways of seeing the world.

There are also many significant philosophers who are generally neglected in most existing English-language treatments of German philosophy, which tend to concentrate on the canonical figures. This Very Short Introduction will include reference to these thinkers and suggests how they can be used to question more familiar German philosophical thought.

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Country USA
Manufacturer OUP Oxford
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2010-05-27
UnitCount 1
Format Kindle eBook
UPCs 000199569258
EANs 9780199569250

Country	USA
Manufacturer	OUP Oxford
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2010-05-27
UnitCount	1
Format	Kindle eBook
UPCs	000199569258
EANs	9780199569250

German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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