| The German Historicist Tradition Contributor(s): Beiser, Frederick C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198709412 ISBN-13: 9780198709411 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $53.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 149 |
| LCCN: 2011276700 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 9" (2.00 lbs) 614 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first full study in English of the German historicist tradition. Frederick C. Beiser surveys the major German thinkers on history from the middle of the eighteenth century until the early twentieth century, providing an introduction to each thinker and the main issues in interpreting and appraising his thought. The volume offers new interpretations of well-known philosophers such as Johann Gottfried Herder and Max Weber, and introduces others who are scarcely known at all, including J. A. Chladenius, Justus Moser, Heinrich Rickert, and Emil Lask. Beyond an exploration of the historical and intellectual context of each thinker, Beiser illuminates the sources and reasons for the movement of German historicism--one of the great revolutions in modern Western thought, and the source of our historical understanding of the human world. |