Heidegger, Dilthey, and the Crisis of Historicism / Charles R. Bambach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bambach, Charles R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dilthey, Wilhelm, 1833-1911.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Historicism.

Philosophy, German--20th century.

Philosophy, German.

Philosophy, German--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 297 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The collapse of historicism was not merely the demise of an academic tradition but signified a shift in the understanding of hermeneutics and metaphysics. Whereas earlier books have explored the rise and dominance of historicism within academic history, this is the first to trace its collapse and to show how it was shaped by larger philosophical and scientific concerns. Charles R. Bambach's lucid account of the demise of historicism within the context of German metaphysics provides a rich new perspective on the development of the young Heidegger's concept of "historicity" and on the origins of postmodern thought.Bambach reconstructs the methodological debates arising from a pervasive sense of crisis among German philosophers in the late nineteenth century. He details the divergent attempts by the Neo-Kantians, Nietzsche, and Dilthey to overcome the limitations of historical relativism. Heidegger's view of "historicity," Bambach shows, radically transforms the problematic of historicism into a discourse concerning the crisis of philosophical modernity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Modernity and Crisis

CHAPTER ONE. German Philosophy between Scientism and Historicism

CHAPTER TWO. Wilhelm Windelband's Taxonomy of the Sciences

CHAPTER THREE. Heinrich Rickert's Epistemology of Historical Science

CHAPTER FOUR. Wilhelm Dilthey's Critique of Historical Reason

CHAPTER FIVE. "The Time Is Out of Joint": The Young Heidegger's Destruktion of Historicism

Postscript

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-287) and index.

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ISBN:

9781501726736

1501726730

OCLC:

1132221042