Kant and the culture of enlightenment / Katerina Deligiorgi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deligiorgi, Katerina, 1965-

Series:

SUNY series in philosophy.

SUNY series in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

Philosophy, Modern--18th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Katerina Deligiorgi interprets Kant's conception of enlightenment within the broader philosophical project of his critique of reason. Analyzing a broad range of Kant's works, including his Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Judgment, his lectures on anthropology and logic, as well as his shorter essays, she identifies the theoretical and practical commitments that show the achievement of rational autonomy as an ongoing project for the realization of a culture of enlightenment. Deligiorgi also considers Kant's ideas in relation to the work of Diderot, Rousseau, Mendelssohn, Reinhold, Hamann, Schiller, and Herder. The perspective opened by this historical dialogue challenges twentieth-century revisionist interpretations of the Enlightenment to show that the "culture of enlightenment" is not simply a fragment of our intellectual history but rather a live project.

Contents:

The enlightenment in question

The idea of a culture of enlightenment

Culture as a historical project

Nature and the criticism of culture

Culture after enlightenment.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-242) and index.

ISBN:

9780791483145

0791483142

9781423747673

1423747674

OCLC:

461441677