Theory of objective mind : an introduction to the philosophy of culture

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Theory of objective mind : an introduction to the philosophy of culture

Hans Freyer ; translated, and with an introduction by Steven Grosby

(Series in continental thought / editorial board, Lester Embree ... [et al.])

Ohio University Press, c1998

Other Title

Theorie des objektiven Geistes

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Theorie des objektiven Geistes

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-166)

Original title from translator's introduction

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Theory of Objective Mind is the first book of the important German social philosopher Hans Freyer to appear in English. The work of the neo-Hegelian Freyer, especially the much admired Theory of Objective Mind (1923), had a notable influence on German thinkers to follow and on America's two greatest social theorists, Talcott Parsons and Edward Shils. Freyer took what remained valid in G. F. Hegel's work and drew upon the subsequent insights of the early work of Edmund Husserl in an effort to understand the nature of culture by clarifying methodologically the process of Verstehen, the relation between life and objectivated form and the formation of the historical world as described by Wilhelm Dilthey and especially Georg Simmel. Theory of Objective Mind remains a thought-provoking source of insight into the nature of human cognition and action, and necessarily of culture itself. Indeed, its pressing relevance for social philosophy today is clear from its analysis of nationality as a form of objective mind. No less relevant are its valuable analyses of creativity, tradition, and revolution as philosophical problems. For all those who seek to understand culture not just historically or sociologically but above all philosophically, Theory of Objective Mind is indispensable.

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  • NCID
    BA41698583
  • ISBN
    • 0821412507
  • LCCN
    98008562
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    Athens
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 166 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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