The modern subject : conceptions of the self in classical German philosophy

Author(s)

• Ameriks, Karl
• Sturma, Dieter

Bibliographic Information

The modern subject : conceptions of the self in classical German philosophy

edited by Karl Ameriks and Dieter Sturma

（SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy / Dennis J. Schmidt, editor）

State University of New York Press, c1995

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Contemporary thought often claims the "death of the subject," and postmodernists typically contend that the standpoint of human subjectivity has been surpassed as a foundation for philosophy. A proper appreciation of these influential claims requires an understanding of the main tradition in which the standpoint of subjectivity was articulated, namely the classical philosophy of German Idealism. This book provides such an understanding. The authors assess what is dead and what is alive today in the philosophy of subjectivity, and offer the most thorough study available on the background of the postmodern assault on the primacy of the subject. Tracing this assault back to reactions to Kant, they elucidate the historical and systematic details of the development of the concept of the self in Classical philosophy from Kant to Fichte and Hegel. Manfred Frank, one of Europe's most prominent and prolific writers on neo-structuralism, provides two major contributions--an account of the philosophical foundations of the reaction to Kant in early romanticism (especially Novalis), and a defense of the ineliminability of self-consciousness against its critics in current analytic philosophy. Essays by other contributors-including Henry Allison, Robert Pippin, Daniel Breazeale, Guenter Zoeller, Ludwig Siep, Veronique Zanetti, and Georg Mohr--relate the concept of the self to topics such as freedom, teleology, modernity, and intersubjectivity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1.  Introduction Dieter Sturma and Karl Ameriks 2.  Spontaneity and Autonomy in Kant's Conception of the Self Henry E. Allison 3.  Freedom and the Self: From Introspection to Intersubjectivity Georg Mohr 4.  Teleology and the Freedom of the Self Véronique Zanetti 5.  Philosophical Foundations of Early Romanticism Manfred Frank 6.  Check or Checkmate? On the Finitude of the Fichtean Self Daniel Breazeale 7.  Original Duplicity: The Ideal and the Real in Fichte's Transcendental Theory of the Subject Günter Zöller 8.  Individuality in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit Ludwig Siep 9.  Hegel's Ethical Rationalism Robert Pippin 10.  Is Subjectivity a Non-Thing, an Absurdity [Unding]? On Some Difficulties in Naturalistic Reductions of Self-Consciousness Manfred Frank 11.  Self and Reason: A Nonreductionist Approach to the Reflective and Practical Transitions of Self-Consciousness Dieter Sturma 12.  From Kant to Frank: The Ineliminable Subject Karl Ameriks Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BA27637104
• ISBN:
  • 0791427536
  • 0791427544
• LCCN: 95004244
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 252 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B2628.S34
  • DC20 : 126/.0943
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Philosophy, German -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Philosophy, German -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Self (Philosophy)
  • LCSH : Subjectivity -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Subjectivity -- History -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03775001