Hamann and the tradition : [proceedings of a conference held March 2009 at Hunter College, New York

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of scholarly interest in the work of Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788), across disciplines. New translations of work by and about Hamann are appearing, as are a number of books and ar­ticles on Hamann’s aesthetics, theories of language and sexuality, and unique place in Enlightenment and counter-Enlightenment thought. Edited by Lisa Marie Anderson, __Hamann and the Tradition__ gathers estab­lished and emerging scholars to examine the full range of Hamann’s im­pact—be it on German Romanticism or on the very practice of theology. Of particular interest to those not familiar with Hamann will be a chapter devoted to examining—or in some cases, placing—Hamann in dialogue with other important thinkers, such as Socrates, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Part 1. Situating Hamann Reading "Sibylline leaves": J. G. Hamann in the history of ideas / John R. Betz "There is an idol in the temple of learning": Hamann and the history of philosophy / Kenneth Haynes Part 2. Hamann in dialogue God, I, and Thou: Hamann and the personalist tradition / Gwen Griffith-Dickson Hamann and Kant on the good will / Manfred Kuehn Metaschematizing Socrates: Hamann, Kierkegaard, and Kant on the value of the Enlightenment / Kelly Dean Jolley Skepticism and faith in Hamann and Kierkegaard / Stephen Cole Leach Hamann, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein on the language of philosophers / Jonathan Gray Part 3. Hamann's place in German literary history Rhapsodic dismemberment: Hamann and the fable / Lori Yamato Hamann, Goethe, and the West-eastern divan / Kamaal Haque Hallucinating Europe: Hamann and his impact on German Romantic drama / Christian Sinn Part 4. Hamann and theology God as author: on the theological foundation of Hamann's authorial poetics / Oswald Bayer Metaphysics and metacritique: Hamann's understanding of the word of God in the tradition of Lutheran theology / Johannes von Lupke Is theology possible after Hamann? / Katie Terezakis.