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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Kants Moral Philosophy
Book SynopsisImmanuel Kant's moral philosophy is one of the most distinctive achievements of the European Enlightenment. At its heart lies what Kant called the 'strange thing': the free, rational, human will. This introduction explores the basis of Kant's anti-naturalist, secular, humanist vision of the human good. Moving from a sketch of the Kantian will, with all its component parts and attributes, to Kant's canonical arguments for his categorical imperative, this introduction shows why Kant thought his moral law the best summary expression of both his own philosophical work on morality and his readers' deepest shared convictions about the good. Kant's central tenets, key arguments, and core values are presented in an accessible and engaging way, making this book ideal for anyone eager to explore the fundamentals of Kant's moral philosophy.Trade Review'Uleman consistently states her aims in each chapter clearly, organizes discussions well, and poses questions to make her train of thought easy to follow. Her grasp of the details of Kant's moral philosophy as well as of how those details hang together to form a whole is rare and impressive. This work should prove to be very helpful to many students.' Lara Denis, Agnes Scott College'This engaging book is a wonderful introduction to Kant's moral philosophy. It explains many of Kant's central concepts, such as those of will, freedom, maxims, and imperatives, clearly and succinctly. But the book also makes an argument that must be taken seriously by every scholar as well as student of Kant: that Kant's formulations of the categorical imperative collectively analyze what it is to make the realization of freedom the ultimate goal of human action. The book also beautifully shows how Kant unfolds the value of realizing our freedom without reducing his argument to the kind of empirical, psychological morality that Kant rejects. This is a wise, insightful work.' Paul Guyer, University of PennsylvaniaTable of Contents1. Introduction: the strange thing; 2. A sketch of Kantian will: desire and the human subject; 3. A sketch continued: the structure of practical reason; 4. A sketch completed: freedom; 5. Against nature: Kant's argumentative strategy; 6. The categorical imperative: free will willing itself; 7. What's so good about the good Kantian will? The appeals of the strange thing; 8. Conclusion: Kant and the good free rational will; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Kant on Beauty and Biology
Book SynopsisKant's Critique of Judgment has often been interpreted by scholars as comprising separate treatments of three uneasily connected topics: beauty, biology, and empirical knowledge. Rachel Zuckert's book interprets the Critique as a unified argument concerning all three domains.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… impressive in its intellectual scope, its clearly-written quality, its well-informed, considerable citation of the secondary literature in Kant scholarship and its manner of arguing for a variety of nuanced positions that arise within the text's many subthemes. It is a contribution that stands solidly on the shoulders of the presently leading Kant scholarship and that integrates itself well into it.' British Journal for the History of PhilosophyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The problem: unity of the diverse; 2. Reflective judgment and its principle: preliminary remarks; Part I. Teleological Judgment: 3. The critique of teleological judgment: purposiveness is the 'highest formal unity'; 4. A merely subjective principle: time and the 'peculiarities of our intellects'; Part II. Aesthetic Judgment: Introduction; 5. Beautiful objects: subjectively purposive form; 6. Aesthetic pleasure: the feeling of subjective, projective temporality; 7. The free harmony of the faculties: purposiveness as the principle of aesthetic Beurteilung; 8. The justification of aesthetic judgment: purposiveness as the principle of reflective judging; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Kants Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals A Commentary
Book SynopsisThe Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's central contribution to moral philosophy, and has inspired controversy ever since it was first published in 1785. Kant champions the insights of 'common human understanding' against what he sees as the dangerous perversions of ethical theory. Morality is revealed to be a matter of human autonomy: Kant locates the source of the 'categorical imperative' within each and every human will. However, he also portrays everyday morality in a way that many readers find difficult to accept. The Groundwork is a short book, but its argument is dense, intricate and at times treacherous. This commentary explains Kant's arguments paragraph by paragraph, and also contains an introduction, a synopsis of the argument, six short interpretative essays on key topics of the Groundwork, and a glossary of key terms. It will be an indispensable tool for anyone wishing to study the Groundwork in detail.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to study Kant's ethical theory in detail. Timmermann's book is an important resource for almost any student or faculty member who wants a deeper understanding of Kant's Groundwork for either teaching or research.' Sean P. Walsh, Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewReview of the hardback: 'Timmermann's commentary is nothing less the magisterial. This is without a doubt the best book available on one of the most important books on the history of philosophy.' Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Transition from common to philosophic moral cognition of reason; 2. Transition from popular moral philosophy to the metaphysics of morals; 3. Transition from the metaphysics of morals to the critique of pure practical reason; Appendices.
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Kants Moral Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Kant and the Power of Imagination
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Cambridge University Press Kant on Freedom
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Cambridge University Press The Postulate of Public Right
Book SynopsisKant''s main work in the philosophy of law ? the Doctrine of Right (1797) ? is notoriously difficult for modern readers to understand. Kant clearly argues that rightful relations between human beings can only be achieved if we enter into a civil legal condition taking a defined constitutional form. In this Element, we emphasise that Kant considers this claim to be a postulate of practical reason, thus identifying the pure idea of the state as the culmination of his entire practical philosophy. The Doctrine of Right makes sense as an attempt to clarify the content of the postulate of public right and constructively interpret existing domestic and international legal arrangements in the light of the noumenal republic it postulates. Properly understood, Kant''s postulate of public right is the epistemological foundation of a non-positivist legal theory that remains of central significance to modern legal philosophy and legal doctrinal method.
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Cambridge University Press Rationalism in Politics
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Cambridge University Press Rationalism in Politics
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Cambridge University Press The Origins of Kants Aesthetics
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Cambridge University Press The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kants Critical System
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Cambridge University Press Kant on Pleasure and Judgment
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Cambridge University Press On Believing and Being Convinced
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Cambridge University Press The Postulate of Public Right
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Cambridge University Press Kant on Marriage
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Cambridge University Press Kant Incorporated
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Cambridge University Press Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy With Selections from the Objections and Replies Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Book SynopsisDescartes's Meditations on First Philosophy remains one of the most widely studied works of Western philosophy. This volume is a refreshed and updated edition of John Cottingham's bestselling 1996 edition, based on his translation in the acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It presents the complete text of Descartes's central metaphysical masterpiece, the Meditations, in clear, readable modern English, and it offers the reader additional material in a thematic abridgement of the Objections and Replies, providing a deeper understanding of how Descartes developed and clarified his arguments in response to critics. Cottingham also provides an updated introduction, together with a substantially revised bibliography, taking into account recent literature and developments in Descartes studies. The volume will be a vital resource for students reading the Meditations, as well as those studying Descartes and early modern philosophy.Table of ContentsIntroductory essay Bernard Williams; Introduction; Chronology; Meditations on First Philosophy; Selections from the objections and replies; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Kant The Metaphysics of Morals
Book SynopsisDesigned for intermediate to advanced students, this edition of Kant's Metaphysics of Morals contains a lightly revised version of Mary Gregor's highly regarded translation. Readers' understanding and engagement are facilitated by its informative and accessible introduction, extensive further reading essay, and translation and editorial notes.Table of ContentsIntroduction Lara Denis; Chronology Lara Denis; Further reading Lara Denis; Translator's note on the text Mary Gregor; The Metaphysics of Morals: Part I. Metaphysical First Principles of the Doctrine of Right; 1. Private right; 2. Public right; Part II. Metaphysical First Principles of the Doctrine of Virtue: 1. Doctrine of the elements of ethics; 2. Doctrine of the methods of ethics; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Scottish Enlightenment and the French Revolution
Book SynopsisThis book recovers the Scottish Enlightenment's forgotten commentary on the French Revolution. It argues that this commentary is both a major intellectual discussion in its own right and essential to our understanding of how Enlightenment philosophy and the heritage of Adam Smith were reinterpreted for post-revolutionary Europe.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Burke–Paine Debate and Scotland's Science of Man: 1. The Burke–Paine debate and the Scottish Enlightenment; 2. The heritage of Hume and Smith: Scotland's science of man and politics; Part II. The 1790s: 3. Scotland's political debate; 4. James Mackintosh and Scottish philosophical history; 5. John Millar and the Scottish discussion on war, modern sociability and national sentiment; 6. Adam Ferguson on democracy and empire; Part III. 1802–15: 7. The French Revolution and the Edinburgh Review; 8. Commerce, war and empire; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Thinking with Rousseau
Book SynopsisAlthough indisputably one of the most important thinkers in the Western intellectual tradition, Rousseau''s actual place within that tradition, and the legacy of his thought, remains hotly disputed. Thinking with Rousseau reconsiders his contribution to this tradition through a series of essays exploring the relationship between Rousseau and other ''great thinkers''. Ranging from ''Rousseau and Machiavelli'' to ''Rousseau and Schmitt'', this volume focuses on the kind of intricate work that intellectuals do when they read each other and grapple with one another''s ideas. This approach is very helpful in explaining how old ideas are transformed and/or transmitted and new ones are generated. Rousseau himself was a master at appropriating the ideas of others, while simultaneously subverting them, and as the essays in this volume vividly demonstrate, the resulting ambivalences and paradoxes in his thought were creatively mined by others.Table of ContentsIntroduction Helena Rosenblatt and Paul Schweigert; 1. Rousseau and Machiavelli: two interpretations of Republicanism Maurizio Viroli; 2. Rousseau and Montaigne: from enthusiasm to equanimity James Miller; 3. Rousseau and Hobbes: the Hobbesianism of Rousseau Richard Tuck; 4. Rousseau and Montesquieu J. Kent Wright; 5. Rousseau and Mendelssohn: 'enraptured reason': Rousseau's presence in Moses Mendelssohn's thought David Sorkin; 6. Rousseau and Smith on sympathy as a first principle Pierre Force; 7. Rousseau and A. L. Thomas Anthony La Vopa; 8. Rousseau and d'Holbach: the revolutionary implications of la philosophie anti-Thérésienne Jonathan Israel; 9. Rousseau and Diderot Joanna Stalnaker; 10. Rousseau and Kant: Rousseau's Kantian legacy Susan Shell and Richard Velkley; 11. Rousseau and Wollstonecraft, solitary walkers Barbara Taylor; 12. Rousseau and Madame de Staël: a surprising dialogue Aurelian Craiutu; 13. Rousseau and Proudhon: human nature, property, and the social contract K. Steven Vincent; 14. Rousseau, Marx and human fulfillment Jerrold Siegel; 15. Rousseau and Schmitt: sovereigns and dictators David Bates.
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Cambridge University Press The Pragmatic Enlightenment
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four leading eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire. Dennis C. Rasmussen argues that these thinkers exemplify a particularly attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.Trade Review“Analyzed through the lenses of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire, Rasmussen’s ‘pragmatic Enlightenment’ brings a welcome contribution to the recent debates on radical and moderate Enlightenment; it also invites us to reconsider the nature of liberalism and the points made by some of its critics. A thorough and superbly researched work, philosophically sensitive to the complex legacy of the Enlightenment and written with clarity and conviction, this book will be of great interest to political theorists, historians, sociologists, and philosophers.” -- Dr. Aurelian Craiutu, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington“This is an important book that is also a pleasure to read. Rasmussen is a careful scholar of Enlightenment thought, and his writing is lucid and engaging. He gives a rich and thorough account of the four authors he takes up, and convincingly refutes a series of common caricatures of the Enlightenment. Anyone interested in the period – whether friend or foe – should read this book.” -- Dr. Samuel Fleischacker, Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago“The Pragmatic Enlightenment meets the most pervasive objections to Enlightenment liberalism by showing again and again that key figures in this tradition were not only free of the vices so often attributed to them but were actually proponents of far more nuanced and defensible views than is commonly thought. None was guilty of the hegemonic universalism, the blind faith in reason, or the atomistic individualism so often associated with Enlightenment liberalism – and with contemporary liberalism as well. In the process of showing how each of these key figures eludes the common charges, Rasmussen articulates a richly reasoned defense of a powerful but moderate brand of liberalism, one that has roots in the eighteenth century but applications for today.” -- Dr. Sharon Krause, Professor and Chair of Political Science, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Hegemonic Universalism?: 1. Morality in context; 2. Pragmatic liberalism; Part II. Blind Faith in Reason?: 3. The age of the limits of reason; 4. The perils of political rationalism; Part III. Atomistic Individualism?: 5. The social and encumbered self; 6. Negative liberty for a positive community; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Acting on Principle An Essay On Kantian Ethics
Book Synopsis'Two things', wrote Kant, 'fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry heavens above and the moral law within'. Many would argue that since Kant's day, the study of the starry heavens has advanced while ethics has stagnated, and in particular that Kant's ethics offers an empty formalism that tells us nothing about how we should live. In Acting on Principle Onora O'Neill shows that Kantian ethics has practical as well as philosophical importance. First published in 1975, the book is regarded as a classic account and defence of the Kantian ethical position. It addresses Kant's account of reasoning about action, in particular his controversial claim that the Categorical Imperative guides action and is basic to ethics and justice. This second edition offers a substantial new introduction and updated bibliography, and will be valuable for a wide readership in Kant studies and those studying ethics.Trade Review'The most incisive and thoughtful defence of Kant along these lines that we have … [O'Neill] writes with a kind of brisk lucidity that is entirely admirable.' The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsPreface to the original edition; Introduction to the second edition; 1. Principles of action; 2. The problem of relevant act descriptions; 3. A solution to the problem of relevant descriptions; 4. Ethical categories; 5. Applying the categorical imperative; 6. An assessment of Kant's ethical theory; 7. Right decisions and assessments of right; Bibliographies.
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Cambridge University Press Hume
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the entire career of one of Britain''s greatest men of letters. It sets in biographical and historical context all of Hume''s works, from A Treatise of Human Nature to The History of England, bringing to light the major influences on the course of Hume''s intellectual development, and paying careful attention to the differences between the wide variety of literary genres with which Hume experimented. The major events in Hume''s life are fully described, but the main focus is on Hume''s intentions as a philosophical analyst of human nature, politics, commerce, English history, and religion. Careful attention is paid to Hume''s intellectual relations with his contemporaries. The goal is to reveal Hume as a man intensely concerned with the realization of an ideal of open-minded, objective, rigorous, dispassionate dialogue about all the principal questions faced by his age.Trade Review'Harris skillfully explores the background of Hume's economic and other essays, and indeed all of his works, describing in some depth the debates to which they contributed and the influences of Hume's own reading.' The New York Review of Books'Harris himself writes well up to Hume's own standard, and his analyses are always clearly expressed as well as thoroughly argued. For anyone with an interest in Hume, this is now probably the place to start if not with the great man's work itself.' Hector MacQueen, Irish Legal News'This is an excellent book. James Harris has explored not only David Hume's well-known interlocutors but also a wide range of lesser-known influences. In addition to being carefully and thoroughly researched, it is also written in a clear and engaging style, making it a pleasure to read. … Harris's book is a long-awaited addition to the literature that will not disappoint.' Donald C. Ainslie, Global DiscourseTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Pursuits of philosophy and general learning; 2. Anatomist of human nature; 3. Essayist; 4. Achievement of independence; 5. Two years at Ninewells; 6. The start of a history of Great Britain; 7. The completion of a history of Great Britain; 8. Paris, London, Edinburgh; Afterword: death and character.
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Cambridge University Press Kant
Book SynopsisThis book is the first translation into English of the Reflections which Kant wrote whilst formulating his ideas in political philosophy: the preparatory drafts for Theory and Practice, Toward Perpetual Peace, the Doctrine of Right, and Conflict of the Faculties; and the only surviving student transcription of his course on Natural Right. Through these texts one can trace the development of his political thought, from his first exposure to Rousseau in the mid 1760s through to his last musings in the late 1790s after his final system of Right was published. The material covers such topics as the central role of freedom, the social contract, the nature of sovereignty, the means for achieving international peace, property rights in relation to the very possibility of human agency, the general prohibition of rebellion, and Kant''s philosophical defense of the French Revolution.Table of ContentsGeneral editors' preface; Acknowledgements; General introduction; Translators' remarks; Reflections on the Philosophy of Right; Natural Right course lecture notes by Feyerabend; Drafts for published works; Drafts for Theory and Practice; Drafts for Toward Perpetual Peace; Drafts for the Metaphysics of Morals; Drafts for Conflict of the Faculties; Notes; Glossary; Topical and chronological concordance; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Kants Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
Book SynopsisIn Religion, Kant addresses the relationship between faith and reason, framed largely in terms of the relationship between religion and morality. This volume provides a synoptic view of Kant's major work of religious thought. This collection of essays will be useful for those studying Kant and the philosophy of religion.Table of ContentsIntroduction Gordon Michalson; 1. Holy scriptures within the boundaries of mere reason: Kant's reflections Otfried Höffe; 2. The evil in human nature Allen W. Wood; 3. Radical evil and human freedom Ingolf Dalferth; 4. Gesinnung: responsibility, moral worth and character Alison Hills; 5. Hope, possibility, and divine action Andrew Chignell; 6. Kant on grace Leslie Stevenson; 7. Kant, miracles, and Religion, Parts One and Two Karl Ameriks; 8. Kant's Jesus Manfred Kuehn; 9. Pluralism in the ethical community Nicholas Tampio; 10. Kant's religious constructivism Pablo Muchnik; 11. What does his Religion contribute to Kant's conception of Practical Reason? G. Felicitas Munzel; 12. Culture and the limits of Practical Reason in Kant's Religion Richard Velkley.
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Cambridge University Press Kant on Persons and Agency
Book SynopsisThis volume investigates Kant's conception of what a human being is and how a human being can act autonomously. Scholars explore fundamental topics such as freedom, autonomy, and personhood from both practical and theoretical perspectives, and consider their importance within Kant's wider system of philosophy.Table of ContentsIntroduction Eric Watkins; Part I. Autonomy: 1. The unconditioned goodness of the good will Eric Watkins; 2. Universal law Allen Wood; 3. Understanding autonomy: form and content of practical knowledge Stephen Engstrom; 4. The principle of autonomy in Kant's moral theory: its rise and fall Pauline Kleingeld; Part II. Freedom: 5. Evil and practical reason Lucy Allais; 6. Freedom as a postulate Marcus Willaschek; 7. Kant's struggle for freedom: freedom of will in Kant and Reinhold Paul Guyer; 8. The practice of self-consciousness: Kant on nature, freedom, and morality Dieter Sturma; Part III. Persons: 9. Kant's multiple concepts of person Béatrice Longuenesse; 10. We are not alone: a place for animals in Kant's ethics Barbara Herman; 11. The dynamism of reason in Kant and Hegel Robert Pippin; Part IV. Conclusion: 12. Once again: the end of all things Karl Ameriks.
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The University of Chicago Press How to Think Like a Philosopher
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Northwestern University Press Immanuel Kant The Very Idea of a Critique of Pure
Book SynopsisPresents a study of the background, development, exposition, and justification of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Instead of examining Kant's arguments for the transcendental ideality of space and time, his deduction of the pure concepts of the understanding, or his account of the dialectic of human reason, J. Colin McQuillan focuses on Kant's conception of critique.
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Classiques Garnier Oeuvres Completes
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Classiques Garnier Oeuvres Completes
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Classiques Garnier La Fabrique Du Xvie Siecle Au Temps Des Lumieres
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Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin Carnap Et La Question Transcendantale
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Brill Fink Friedrich Schillers Philosophischer Stil: Logik -
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Brill U Fink Epistemische Tugenden Im Deutschen Und Britischen
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Schwabe Verlag Im Namen Der Dinge: John Locke Und Der Begriff
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Schwabe Verlag Descartes En Dialogue
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe John Locke ALS Ethiker
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Brill U Mentis Feeling Outwards
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Peeters Publishers La «Science de la logique» au miroir de
Book SynopsisCe volume contient les actes d'un double colloque qui s'est tenu à Louvain-la-Neuve et à Poitiers en mai 2013 pour célébrer le bicentenaire de la Science de la logique de Hegel et qui a réuni quelques-uns des meilleurs spécialistes internationaux du philosophe allemand. La thématique autour de laquelle s'organise la réflexion est celle de l'identité: la logique spéculative de Hegel, pivot du système tout entier, est-elle en fin de compte foncièrement identitaire, une «fabrique d'identité», ne creusant la différence que pour mieux l'assimiler, ou bien faut-il entendre autrement, de façon plus créative et originale, la manière dont elle articule identité et différence? Telle est la question décisive que selon diverses perspectives - historique, systématique, critique - les contributions de ce volume s'attachent à creuser.
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Peeters Publishers Facing Abraham: Seven Readings of Søren
Book SynopsisSøren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling is a classic in both theology and philosophy alike. In what is probably his most well-known book, Denmark’s most famous philosopher muses, through his pseudonym Johannes de Silentio, about the Akedah story, the story within the book of Genesis which recounts Abraham’s binding of his son Isaac as a sacrifice to God. This collection brings together seven essays that read Fear and Trembling as a classic, that is: as a work that can speak meaningfully to people in different places and at different times, and that can be read fruitfully from within a diversity of theoretical frameworks and approaches. Fear and Trembling is linked here, not only with other important philosophers, such as Adorno, Heidegger and Westphal, but it is also related to the so-called “non-metaphysical” approach to Hegel and to the debate on the “ethics of belief”. Questions are raised about Fear and Trembling and religious diversity, historical criticism, and authorial intent, and the work is approached from within poetry (Erik Johan Stagnelius) and drama (Paul Claudel), but also from within one contributor’s personal experiences with theological education. In this way, the seven contributions brought together in the present book offer something of a panoramic view on Fear and Trembling, a view that may inspire to either turn or return to Kierkegaard’s most famous book, and let oneself, for the first time or once more, be challenged, disturbed, and maybe even repelled by this text that reflects on a father that is, or at least seems, willing to sacrifice his only son because God ordered him to do so.
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