Fichte's addresses to the German nation reconsidered / edited by Daniel Breazeale and Tom Rockmore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Breazeale, Daniel, editor.

Rockmore, Tom, 1942- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814. Reden an die deutsche Nation.

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb.

Reden an die deutsche Nation (Fichte, Johann Gottlieb).

National characteristics, German.

History.

Education and state.

Germany--Politics and government--1806-1815.

Germany.

Politics and government.

Education and state--Germany--History--19th century.

National characteristics, German--History--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 303 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016.

Summary:

One of J. G. Fichte's best-known works, Addresses to the German Nation is based on a series of speeches he gave in Berlin when the city was under French occupation. They feature Fichte's diagnosis of his own era in European history as well as his call for a new sense of German national identity, based upon a common language and culture rather than "blood and soil," These speeches, often interpreted as key documents in the rise of modern nationalism, also contain Fichte's most sustained reflections on pedagogical issues, including his ideas for a new egalitarian system of Prussian national education. The contributors' reconsideration of the speeches deal not only with technical philosophical issues such as the relationship between language and identity, and the tensions between universal and particular motifs in the text, but also with issues of broader concern, including education, nationalism, and the connection between morality and politics. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 From Autonomy to Automata? Fichte on Formal and Material Freedom and Moral Cultivation / Daniel Breazeale Breazeale, Daniel 21

2 Gedachtes Denken/Wirkliches Denken: A Strictly Philosophical Problem in Fichte's Reden / Mário Jorge de Carvalho Carvalho, Mário Jorge de 55

3 Linguistic Expression in Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation / Sila Özkara Özkara, Sila 85

4 Critique of Religion and Critical Religion in Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation / Benjamin D. Crowe Crowe, Benjamin D. 103

5 Autonomy, Moral Education, and the Carving of a National Identity / C. Jeffery Kinlaw Kinlaw, C. Jeffery 117

6 Fichte's Nationalist Rhetoric and the Humanistic Project of Bildung / Marina F. Bykova Bykova, Marina F. 133

7 The Ontological and Epistemological Background of German Nationalism in Fichte's Addresses / Rainer Schäfer Schäfer, Rainer 153

8 Fichte's Imagined Community and the Problem of Stability / Gabriel Gottlieb Gottlieb, Gabriel 175

9 Rights, Recognition, Nationalism, and Fichte's Ambivalent Politics: An Attempt at a Charitable Reading of the Addresses to the German Nation / Arnold L. Farr Farr, Arnold L. 201

10 How to Change the World: Cultural Critique and the Historical Sublime in the Addresses to the German Nation / Michael Steinberg Steinberg, Michael 223

11 Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation and the Philosopher as Guide / Tom Rockmore Rockmore, Tom 243

12 World War I, the Two Germanies, and Fichte's Addresses / Anthony N. Perovich Perovich, Anthony N. 261

13 Fault Lines in Fichte's Reden / George J. Setael Setael, George J. 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fichte's addresses to the German nation reconsidered.

ISBN:

9781438462554

1438462557

OCLC:

946968170