A Peculiar Fate : Metaphysics and World-History in Kant / Peter Fenves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenves, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

History.

Local Subjects:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Peter Fenves here investigates Kant's ongoing effort to bring metaphysical and strictly historical concepts of the world together in his presentation of world-history. Fenves argues that, far from being a mere illustration of his metaphysical principles, Kant's attempt to present history in its entirety played a vital role in the transformation of his concept of philosophy. A Peculiar Fate demonstrates for the first time how Kant's concern with history motivates and gives shape to his "discovery" that a systematic philosophical inquiry must rest on human freedom.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Translations

Introduction: Raising the Question-Fate

1. Sterndeutung: Sky and Ground in the Universal Natural History

2. Fatalities: The Turn of Freedom in the "Idea for a Universal History"

3. Enthusiasm, Anamnesis: Freedom and Renewal in the "Renewed Question"

Renewal Once Again

Bibliography of Works Cited

Index

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501734526

1501734520

OCLC:

1121057947