Philosophy, Freedom, Language, and their Others: Contemporary Legacies of German Idealism
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- Synopsis
- Kantian and Hegelian conceptions of freedom guide this collection of essays that engage with the linguistic turn in continental philosophy to explore contemporary interpretations of freedom. Using a broad approach to the tradition of German Idealism, this volume considers its modern recasting of philosophy as a rigorous thinking practice with profound implications for individual and communal praxis and wellbeing.Philosophy, Freedom, Language, and its Others further cultivates and demonstrates the freedom to think and engage philosophy in a critical dialogue with other fields of inquiry. This method is exemplified in the philosophy and teaching of Professor Jere P. Surber, whom this book honors by using his interdisciplinary method as a springboard for new understandings of freedom in contemporary life. Expert scholars working in the philosophy of language, continental philosophy of religion, ancient philosophy, critical theory, and ethics engage seminal thinkers on freedom including Plato, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Debord to provide a diverse range of perspectives on freedom. In so doing, they address the complex legacy of philosophical freedom across subjects from contemporary media and political patrimonial culture to literary imagination and the politics of Nelson Mandela.
- Copyright:
- 2023
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781350340114
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781350340091
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 07/26/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Elias Kifon Bongmba, Robert Manzinger and Contributors
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Elias Kifon Bongmba
- Edited by:
- Robert Manzinger
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