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The Liberating Power of Symbols
Philosophical Essays1. Aufl.
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Verlag: | Wiley |
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Veröffentl.: | 09.12.2014 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9780745692494 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 144 |
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Beschreibungen
In this new collection of lectures and essays Jurgen Habermas engages with a wide range of figures in twentieth-century thought. The book displays once again his ability to capture the essence of a thinker's work, his feeling for the texture of intellectual traditions and his outstanding powers of critical assessment.
Habermas has described these essays as 'fragments of a history of contemporary philosophy'. The volume includes explorations of the work of Ernst Cassirer, Karl Jaspers and Gershom Scholem, as well as reponses to friends and colleagues such as Michael Thuenissen, Karl-Otto Apel and the writer and film-maker Alexander Kluge. It also includes pieces on the Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright and the theologian Johann Baptist Metz.
This new volume will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Habermas and twentieth-century philosophy.
Habermas has described these essays as 'fragments of a history of contemporary philosophy'. The volume includes explorations of the work of Ernst Cassirer, Karl Jaspers and Gershom Scholem, as well as reponses to friends and colleagues such as Michael Thuenissen, Karl-Otto Apel and the writer and film-maker Alexander Kluge. It also includes pieces on the Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright and the theologian Johann Baptist Metz.
This new volume will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Habermas and twentieth-century philosophy.
Preface.
Chapter 1: The Liberating Power of Symbols: Ernst Cassirer'sHumanistic Legacy and the Warburg Library.
Chapter 2: The Clash of Beliefs: Karl Jaspers on the ConflictBetween Cultures.
Chapter 3: Between Traditions: A Laudatio for Georg Henrik vonWright.
Chapter 4: Tracing in History the Other of History: On GershomScholem's Sabbatai Zwi.
Chapter 5: A Master Builder with Hermeneutic Tact: Karl-OttoApel's Path of Thought.
Chapter 6: Israel or Athens: To Whom does Anamnetic ReasonBelong? Johann Baptist Metz on Unity Amidst MulticulturalPlurality.
Chapter 7: Communicative Freedom and Negative Theology:Questions for Michael Theunissen.
Chapter 8: The Useful Mole who Ruins the Beautiful Lawn: TheLessing Prize for Alexander Kluge.
Index
Chapter 1: The Liberating Power of Symbols: Ernst Cassirer'sHumanistic Legacy and the Warburg Library.
Chapter 2: The Clash of Beliefs: Karl Jaspers on the ConflictBetween Cultures.
Chapter 3: Between Traditions: A Laudatio for Georg Henrik vonWright.
Chapter 4: Tracing in History the Other of History: On GershomScholem's Sabbatai Zwi.
Chapter 5: A Master Builder with Hermeneutic Tact: Karl-OttoApel's Path of Thought.
Chapter 6: Israel or Athens: To Whom does Anamnetic ReasonBelong? Johann Baptist Metz on Unity Amidst MulticulturalPlurality.
Chapter 7: Communicative Freedom and Negative Theology:Questions for Michael Theunissen.
Chapter 8: The Useful Mole who Ruins the Beautiful Lawn: TheLessing Prize for Alexander Kluge.
Index
Jürgen Habermas has been awarded the prestigious'Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels' prize for 2001
'The Liberating Power of Symbols carries on from whereHabermas's previous foray into modern European thought, ThePhilosophical Discourse of Modernity, left off. If the latteroffered a trenchant critique of post-structuralism, the formerconcentrates on promising departures for contemporary philosophy... These new books by Habermas will be indispensable for years tocome [and will] undoubtedly make provocative reading.' AnthonyElliott, The Australian
'This book is a must read for students interested in the powerof symbols and how these can serve as mechanisms of suppression andemancipation. This is also a good book for those interested in thedevelopment of Habermas' ideas, as many of the essays and lecturesillustrate how he builds and validates his arguments.'Millennium
'The Liberating Power of Symbols carries on from whereHabermas's previous foray into modern European thought, ThePhilosophical Discourse of Modernity, left off. If the latteroffered a trenchant critique of post-structuralism, the formerconcentrates on promising departures for contemporary philosophy... These new books by Habermas will be indispensable for years tocome [and will] undoubtedly make provocative reading.' AnthonyElliott, The Australian
'This book is a must read for students interested in the powerof symbols and how these can serve as mechanisms of suppression andemancipation. This is also a good book for those interested in thedevelopment of Habermas' ideas, as many of the essays and lecturesillustrate how he builds and validates his arguments.'Millennium
J?rgen Habermas is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt.