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Freedom and religion in Kant and his immediate successors : the vocation of humankind, 1774-1800 / George di Giovanni.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Di Giovanni, George, 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Kritik der reinen Vernunft.
- Kant, Immanuel.
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--Religion.
- Philosophy and religion--History--18th century.
- Philosophy and religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 373 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Freedom & Religion in Kant & his Immediate Successors
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The theologians of the late German Enlightenment saw in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason a new rational defence of their Christian faith. In fact, Kant's critical theory of meaning and moral law totally subverted the spirit of that faith. This challenging new study examines the contribution made by the Critique of Pure Reason to this change of meaning. George di Giovanni stresses the revolutionary character of Kant's critical thought but also reveals how this thought was being held hostage to unwarranted metaphysical assumptions that caused much confusion and rendered the First Critique vulnerable to being reabsorbed into modes of thought typical of Enlightenment popular philosophy. Amongst the striking features of this book are nuanced interpretations of Jacobi and Reinhold, a lucid exposition of Fichte's early thought, and a rare, detailed account of Enlightenment popular philosophy.
- Contents:
- The vocation of humankind, 1774
- The taming of Kant : popular philosophy
- The intractable Kant : Schultz, Jacobi, Reinhold
- Of human freedom and necessity
- Kant's moral system
- The difference that Fichte made
- The parting of the ways
- The vocation of humankind revisited, 1800.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-359) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-14090-0
- 1-280-43682-4
- 0-511-17171-4
- 0-511-10990-3
- 0-511-19750-0
- 0-511-29881-1
- 0-511-49808-X
- 0-511-10959-8
- OCLC:
- 171137035
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