David James is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. His previous publications include Fichte's Republic: Idealism, History and Nationalism (Cambridge, 2015), Rousseau and German Idealism: Freedom, Dependence and Necessity (Cambridge, 2013) and Fichte's Social and Political Philosophy: Property and Virtue (Cambridge, 2011). Günter Zöller is Professor of Philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen and is the author of numerous works on Fichte, including Fichte's Transcendental Philosophy (Cambridge, 1998), Fichte lesen (2013) and Res Publica: Plato's Republic in Classical German Philosophy (2015). He is also the co-editor and co-translator of Fichte's The System of Ethics (Cambridge, 2005).

• Introduction Günter Zöller; 1. From Kant to Fichte Wayne M. Martin; 2. Fichte and the French Revolution Frederick Beiser; 3. Fichte's explanation of the dynamic structure of consciousness in the 1794–5 Wissenschaftslehre Christian Klotz; 4. The Wissenschaftslehre of 1796–9 (nova methodo) Daniel Breazeale; 5. Fichte's later presentations of the Wissenschaftslehre Günter Zöller; 6. Fichte's philosophy of right and ethics Allen W. Wood; 7. Fichte's political economy and his theory of property Jean-Christophe Merle; 8. The Wissenschaftslehre and historical engagement Ives Radrizzani; 9. Ending individuality: the mission of a nation in Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation Alexander Aichele; 10. Fichte's philosophy of religion Hansjürgen Verweyen; 11. Fichte and the development of early German romantic philosophy Elizabeth Millán; 12. Fichte and Schelling: the limitations of the Wissenschaftslehre Sebastian Gardner; 13. Fichte and Hegel on recognition and slavery David James; 14. Fichte's position: anti-subjectivism, self-awareness and self-location in the space of reasons Paul Franks; Bibliography; Index.

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