The immanent word : the turn to language in German philosophy, 1759-1801 / Katie Terezakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terezakis, Katie, 1972-

Series:

Studies in philosophy (New York, N.Y.)

Studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Analysis (Philosophy).

Philosophy, German--18th century.

Philosophy, German.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2007]

Summary:

The Immanent Word establishes that the philosophical study of language inaugurated in the 1759 works of Hamann and Lessing marks a paradigm shift in modern philosophy; it analyzes the transformation of that shift in works of Herder, Kant, Fichte, Novalis and Schlegel. It contends that recent studies of early linguistic philosophy obscure the most relevant commission of its thinkers, arguing against the theological appropriation of Hamann by John Milbank; against the expressive appropriation Hamann and Herder by Christina Lafont and Charles Taylor; and against Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancys uncritical championing of Schlegels ideological position.

Contents:

Hamann's challenge

Lessing's letters and demands

Herder's Treatise on the origin of language

Herder and Kant

Fichte on idealism and language

Novalis and the renewal of logology

Schlegel's On incomprehensibility and Ideas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index.

ISBN:

9780415980111

0415980119

OCLC:

71810077