Figuring the Self: Subject, Absolute, and Others in Classical German Philosophy (SUNY series in Philosophy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791431991 ISBN 13: 9780791431993

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1997

Synopsis

Provides a systematic overview of the topic of self in classical German philosophy, focusing on the period around 1800 and covering Kant, Fichte, Holderlin, Novalis, Schelling, Schleiermacher, and Hegel.

Figuring the Self consists of twelve essays which present, discuss, and assess the principal accounts of the self in classical German philosophy, focusing on the period around 1800 and covering Kant, Fichte, Hölderlin, Novalis, Schelling, Schleiermacher, and Hegel.

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About the Author

David E. Klemm is Professor of Religion at the University of Iowa. He is the author of The Hermeneutical Theory of Paul Ricoeur: A Constructive Analysis; editor and commentator of Hermeneutical Inquiry, Volume 1: Interpretation of Texts; Volume 2: Interpretation of Existence; and coeditor of Meaning in Texts and Actions: Questioning Paul Ricoeur. Günter Zöller is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Theoretische Gegenstandsbeziehung bei Kant (Objective Reference in Kant) and Original Duplicity: Intellect and Will in Fichte's Transcendental Philosophy (1794-1800); coeditor of Minds, Ideas, and Objects: Essays in the Theory of Representation in Modern Philosophy; and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Fichte.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0791431991
• ISBN 13: 9780791431993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 271
• Editor: Klemm David E., Zöller Günter