Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 383 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009263825
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9781009263863
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9781009263832
Series Statement:
Ideas in context
Content:
Johann Gottfried Herder initiated the modern disciplines of philosophical anthropology and cultural history, including the study of popular culture. He is also remembered as a sharp critic of colonialism and imperialism. But what types of social, economic and political arrangements did Herder envision for modern European societies? Herder and Enlightenment Politics provides a radically new interpretation of Herder's political thought, situating his ideas in Enlightenment debates on modern patriotism, commerce and peace. By reconstructing Herder's engagement with Rousseau, Montesquieu, Abbt, Ferguson, M©œser, Kant and many other contemporary authors, Eva Piirim©Þe shows that Herder was deeply interested in the potential for cultural, moral and political reform in Russia, Germany and Europe. Herder probed the foundations of modern liberty, community and peace, developing a distinctive understanding of human self-determination, natural sociability and modern patriotism as well as advocating a vision of Europe as a commercially and culturally interconnected community of peoples.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Mar 2023)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009263863
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781009263863
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/9781009263825
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