The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

This Updated Edition Offers A Comprehensive, Penetrating, And Informative Guide To What Is Regarded As The Classical Period Of German Philosophy. Kant, Fichte, Hegel, And Schelling Are All Discussed In Detail, Along With Contemporaries Such As Hölderlin, Novalis, And Schopenhauer, Whose Influence Was Considerable But Whose Work Is Less Well Known In The English-speaking World. Leading Scholars Trace And Explore The Unifying Themes Of German Idealism And Discuss Its Relationship To Romanticism, The Enlightenment, And The Culture Of Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-century Europe. This Second Edition Offers An Updated Bibliography And Includes Three Entirely New Chapters, Which Address Aesthetic Reflection And Human Nature, The Chemical Revolution After Kant, And Organism And System In German Idealism. The Result Is An Illuminating Overview Of A Rich And Complex Philosophical Movement, And Will Appeal To A Wide Range Of Interested Readers In Philosophy, Literature, Theology, German Studies, And The History Of Ideas. The Enlightenment And Idealism -- Absolute Idealism And The Rejection Of Kantian Dualism -- Kant's Practical Philosophy -- Aesthetic Reflection And Human Nature : The Kantian Thread In Early German Romanticism -- The Aesthetic Holism Of Hamann, Herder, And Schiller -- All Or Nothing : Systematicity And Nihilism In Jacobi, Reinhold, And Maimon -- The Early Philosophy Of Fichte And Schelling -- Philosophy And The Chemical Revolution After Kant -- Holderlin And Novalis -- Hegel's Phenomenology And Logic : An Overview -- Hegel's Practical Philosophy : The Realization Of Freedom -- Organism And System In German Idealism -- German Realism : The Self-limitation Of Idealist Thinking In Fichte, Schelling, And Schopenhauer -- Politics And The New Mythology : The Turn To Late Romanticism -- German Idealism And The Arts -- The Legacy Of Idealism In The Philosophy Of Feuerbach, Marx, And Kierkegaard. Edited By Karl Ameriks, University Of Notre Dame, Indiana. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism, first published in 2000, offers a comprehensive, penetrating and informative guide to what is regarded as the classical period of German philosophy. Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Schelling are all discussed in detail, together with a number of their contemporaries, such as Hölderlin and Schleiermacher, whose influence was considerable but whose work is less well known in the English-speaking world. The essays in the volume trace and explore the unifying themes of German Idealism, and discuss their relationship to Romanticism, the Enlightenment, and the culture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. The result is an illuminating overview of a rich and complex philosophical movement, and will appeal to a wide range of readers in philosophy, German studies, theology, literature, and the history of ideas".--Résumé de l'éditeur 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.