Anthropology's interrogation of philosophy from the eighteenth to the twentieth century / Jerome Carroll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, Jerome, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology--Germany--History.

Philosophical anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018.

Summary:

"In this book, Jerome Carroll draws on the epistemological, ontological, and methodological aspects and implications of anthropological holism to read the philosophical significance of classical twentieth century anthropology through the lens of eighteenth century writings on anthropology" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Anthropology and epistemology: "The science of the whole, concrete man"

Anthropology and subjectivity: self and world, from Herder to Gehlen

Anthropology and phenomenology: the turn to the life-world

Anthropology and historicism: man, history, nature

Anthropology and ontology: Herder, Heidegger, and the sea of being

Anthropology and aesthetics: holism, literature, and expressivism

Anthropology and modernity: "Indirect or engaged" Hans Blumenberg and Charles Taylor.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 18, 2017).

ISBN:

1-4985-5801-1