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Rival Enlightenments: Civil and Metaphysical Philosophy in Early Modern Germany (Ideas in Context)

By Ian Hunter

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0521792657, 9780521792653, 9780511013584
LCC
B2535 .H86 2001
Open Library ID
OL17716934M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1252220 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
425\426
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Rival Enlightenments is a major reinterpretation of early modern German intellectual history. Ian Hunter treats the civil philosophy of Pufendorf and Thomasius and the metaphysical philosophy of Leibniz and Kant as rival intellectual cultures or paideia, thereby challenging all histories premised on Kant's supposed reconciliation and transcendence of the field. This landmark study argues that the marginalization of civil philosophy in post-Kantian philosophical history may itself illustrate the continuing struggle between the rival enlightenments. Combining careful scholarship with vivid polemic, Hunter presents penetrating insights for philosophers and historians alike.

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