Herder and enlightenment politics / Eva Piirimäe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piirimäe, Eva, author.

Series:

Ideas in context.

Ideas in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803--Political and social views.

Herder, Johann Gottfried.

Enlightenment--Germany.

Enlightenment.

Political science--Germany--History--18th century.

Political science.

Philosophy, German--18th century.

Philosophy, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 383 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Johann Gottfried Herder initiated the modern disciplines of philosophical anthropology and cultural history, including the study of popular culture. He is also remembered as a sharp critic of colonialism and imperialism. But what types of social, economic and political arrangements did Herder envision for modern European societies? Herder and Enlightenment Politics provides a radically new interpretation of Herder's political thought, situating his ideas in Enlightenment debates on modern patriotism, commerce and peace. By reconstructing Herder's engagement with Rousseau, Montesquieu, Abbt, Ferguson, M©œser, Kant and many other contemporary authors, Eva Piirim©Þe shows that Herder was deeply interested in the potential for cultural, moral and political reform in Russia, Germany and Europe. Herder probed the foundations of modern liberty, community and peace, developing a distinctive understanding of human self-determination, natural sociability and modern patriotism as well as advocating a vision of Europe as a commercially and culturally interconnected community of peoples.

Contents:

Republics, monarchies and the philosophy of human society

Rousseau and the origins of the 'current malaise of the world'

Montesquieu's system and reforms in Russia

The Bildung of humanity and modern virtue

German freedom and modern liberty

The vocation of poets, pastors and philosophers

State-machines, commerce and the progress of humanität in Europe

Perpetual peace and purified patriotism.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Mar 2023).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-009-26387-0

1-009-26385-4

1-009-26382-X

OCLC:

1354941914