Freedom and Religion in Kant and his Immediate Successors

The Vocation of Humankind, 1774-1800

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

AvGeorge di Giovanni

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The theologians of the late German Enlightenment saw in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason a new rational defence of their Christian faith. In fact, Kant's critical theory of meaning and moral law totally subverted the spirit of that faith. This challenging new study examines the contribution made by the Critique of Pure Reason to this change of meaning. George di Giovanni stresses the revolutionary character of Kant's critical thought but also reveals how this thought was being held hostage to unwarranted metaphysical assumptions that caused much confusion and rendered the First Critique vulnerable to being reabsorbed into modes of thought typical of Enlightenment popular philosophy. Amongst the striking features of this book are nuanced interpretations of Jacobi and Reinhold, a lucid exposition of Fichte's early thought, and a rare, detailed account of Enlightenment popular philosophy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-02-07
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt740 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor390
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521844512

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Review of the hardback: 'Most of the figures discussed by di Giovanni have been almost entirely ignored - and not only by Anglophones - and most of their works are now almost entirely unobtainable. For this reason alone, di Giovanni's discussion of their work is very valuable. But not only for this reason … His treatment of these philosophers is almost always philosophically incisive, penetrating to the heart of a doctrine and revealing its underlying point and abiding relevance.' Frederick Beiser, author of The Fate of Reason