The Cambridge companion to Fichte / edited by David James, University of Warwick, and Günter Zöller, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James, David, 1966- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to philosophy

Cambridge companions [to philosophy]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814.

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb.

Physical Description:

xx, 419 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814) was the founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a branch of thought which grew out of Kant's critical philosophy. Fichte's work formed the crucial link between eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought and philosophical, as well as literary, Romanticism. Some of his ideas also foreshadow later nineteenth- and twentieth-century developments in philosophy and in political thought, including existentialism, nationalism and socialism. This volume offers essays on all the major aspects of Fichte's philosophy, ranging from the successive versions of his foundational philosophical science or Wissenschaftslehre, through his ethical and political thought, to his philosophies of history and religion. All the main stages of Fichte's philosophical career and development are charted, and his ideas are placed in their historical and intellectual context. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Fichte currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Fichte.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521478052

0521478057

9780521472265

0521472261

OCLC:

953576414