UID:
almafu_9959328368302883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 355 pages)
ISBN:
9781444304572
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1444304577
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1444304585
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9781444304589
Series Statement:
Illuminations--theory and religion
Content:
For more than a century, J.G. Hamann was widely regarded as a brilliant Christian philosopher and theologian of penetrating wit. Though less known today, Hamann is gradually being recognized as one of the most important and original critics of Kant and the Enlightenment in general. After Enlightenment resurrects and substantiates Hamann's relevance, presenting him as the visionary founder of a "radical orthodox" movement that fundamentally called into question some of the basic principles of modern secular thought." "This introduction to Hamann's fascinating life and controversial works explores his views on a range of topics - including faith, reason, history, hermeneutics, aesthetics, politics, the origin of language, and the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Focusing upon his engagements with famous contemporaries and friends, such as Kant, Herder, and Mendelssohn, it also offers a unique perspective on the debates of the time. Betz presents Hamann as the prophetic founder of a distinctly postmodern, post-secular theology, and as such, an alternative to the postmodern philosophies of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida. After Enlightenment demonstrates the continued relevance of Hamann today, reprising the debate between those defending his views and those labeling the bête noire of the Enlightenment.
Note:
pt. 1. The making of a Christian Socrates. Life and writings 1730-1788 -- The London writings : on the glory Trinitarian condescension -- A typical re-reading of Socrates : on faith, reason, and history -- pt. 2. Crusades of the philologist. Life and writings 1760-1774 -- Towards a christological poetics : a new aesthetics -- Correcting a disciple : Hamann and Herder -- pt. 3. Masks and mystery writings. Life and writings 1775-1780 -- The sybil speaks : on the protological and eschatological mystery of marriage -- Fragments of an apocryphal sybil : on rational and apocalyptic religion -- pt. 4. Metacritique : of reason, natural religion, and secular politics. Life and writings 1780-1784 -- Hamann's metacritique of Kant : deconstructing the transcendental dream -- Metacritical politics : on Mendelssohn's Jerusalem and the modern secular state -- pt. 5. The final journey : Hamann's last will and testament. Life and writings 1785-1788 -- Conclusion: After postmodernity : Hamann before the postmodern triumvirate.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Betz, John. After Enlightenment. Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2009 ISBN 9781405162463
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1405162465
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1002/9781444304572
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444304572
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444304572
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444304572
