After Hegel : German Philosophy, 1840-1900 / Frederick Beiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beiser, Frederick C., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, German--19th century.

Philosophy, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Histories of German philosophy in the nineteenth century typically focus on its first half-when Hegel, idealism, and Romanticism dominated. By contrast, the remainder of the century, after Hegel's death, has been relatively neglected because it has been seen as a period of stagnation and decline. But Frederick Beiser argues that the second half of the century was in fact one of the most revolutionary periods in modern philosophy because the nature of philosophy itself was up for grabs and the very absence of certainty led to creativity and the start of a new era. In this innovative concise history of German philosophy from 1840 to 1900, Beiser focuses not on themes or individual thinkers but rather on the period's five great debates: the identity crisis of philosophy, the materialism controversy, the methods and limits of history, the pessimism controversy, and the Ignorabimusstreit. Schopenhauer and Wilhelm Dilthey play important roles in these controversies but so do many neglected figures, including Ludwig Büchner, Eugen Dühring, Eduard von Hartmann, Julius Fraunstaedt, Hermann Lotze, Adolf Trendelenburg, and two women, Agnes Taubert and Olga Pluemacher, who have been completely forgotten in histories of philosophy. The result is a wide-ranging, original, and surprising new account of German philosophy in the critical period between Hegel and the twentieth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 The Identity Crisis of Philosophy

2. The Materialism Controversy

3. The Ignorabimus Controversy

4. Trials and Tribulations of Clio

5. The Pessimism Controversy

Appendix

Further Reading

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691173719

0691173710

9781400852536

1400852536

OCLC:

886106752