The Modern Subject by Karl Ameriks

The Modern Subject by Karl Ameriks

The authors assess what is dead and what is alive today in the philosophy of subjectivity, and offer the most thorough study available on the background of the postmodern assault on the primacy of the subject. Tracing this assault back to reactions to Kant, they elucidate the historical and systematic details of the development of the concept of the self in Classical philosophy from Kant to Fichte and Hegel. Manfred Frank, one of Europe's most prominent and prolific writers on neo-structuralism, provides two major contributions--an account of the philosophical foundations of the reaction to Kant in early romanticism (especially Novalis), and a defense of the ineliminability of self-consciousness against its critics in current analytic philosophy. Essays by other contributors-including Henry Allison, Robert Pippin, Daniel Breazeale, Guenter Zoeller, Ludwig Siep, Veronique Zanetti, and Georg Mohr--relate the concept of the self to topics such as freedom, teleology, modernity, and intersubjectivity.

"I very much like the way in which this work bridges the so-called 'continental' and 'analytic' traditions within philosophy, while at the same time calling attention to figures that deserve more attention in both traditionsIt represents an important contribution to the historiography of the early post-Kantian era. Furthermore, it is not just another antiquarian study of some figures that might be of limited interest to historians of philosophy. Rather, it adds an interesting voice to the discussion of 'subjectivity' within the German and Anglo-American contexts." — Manfred Kuehn, Purdue University

"To a remarkably consistent degree and at a level of argumentation that is uncommonly clear and trenchant, the articles combine historical erudition with a rich awareness of traditional interpretations. The general effort of the text—to bring perspectives from a certain line of readings of subjectivity in German idealism (and romanticism) to bear on contemporary philosophy of mind in the analytic tradition—is a success and makes for a very good read." — Daniel O. Dahlstrom, Catholic University of America

Karl Ameriks is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Author of Kant's Theory of Mind, he is a past president of the North American Kant Society. Dieter Sturma teaches at Luneburg University in Germany, and is author of Kant uber Selbstbewusstsein.

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ISBN 13	9780791427545
ISBN 10	0791427544
Title	The Modern Subject
Author	Karl Ameriks
Series	Suny Series In Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	1995-12-07
Number of pages	260
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