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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783112903321

Autore

Moggach Douglas

Titolo

The philosophy and politics of Bruno Bauer / / Douglas Moggach [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-107-13591-5

1-280-43065-6

1-139-16509-7

1-139-14881-8

0-511-17018-1

0-511-06161-7

0-511-05528-5

0-511-29726-2

0-511-07007-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Modern European philosophy

Disciplina

321.8/6

Soggetti

Republicanism

Republicanism - Germany - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: "THE FRIEND OF FREEDOM"; I FOUNDATIONS: AESTHETICS, ETHICS, AND REPUBLICANISM; II JUDGING THE OLD ORDER; III THE EMANCIPATORY PROJECT; IV JUDGING THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This is a comprehensive study in English of Bruno Bauer, a leading Hegelian philosopher of the 1840s. Inspired by the philosophy of Hegel, Bauer led an intellectual revolution that influenced Marx and shaped modern secular humanism. In the process he offered a republican alternative to liberalism and socialism, criticized religious and political conservatism and set out the terms for the development of modern mass and industrial society. Based on in-depth archival research this book traces the emergence of republican political thought



in Germany before the revolutions of 1848. Professor Moggach examines Bauer's republicanism and his concept of infinite self-consciousness. He also explores the more disturbing aspects of Bauer's critique of modernity, such as his anti-Semitism. This book will be eagerly sought out by professionals in political philosophy, political science and intellectual history.