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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791783503321

Autore

James David <1966->

Titolo

Fichte's social and political philosophy : property and virtue / / David James [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-22023-8

1-139-01235-5

1-283-01721-0

9786613017215

1-139-00953-2

1-139-01006-9

1-139-00791-2

1-139-00680-0

0-511-73613-4

1-139-00901-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Modern European philosophy

Classificazione

PHI016000

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Property - Philosophy

Virtue

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Fichte's theory of property -- 2. Applying the concept of right: Fichte and Babeuf -- 3. Fichte's reappraisal of Kant's theory of cosmopolitan right -- 4. The relation of right to morality in Fichte's Jena theory of the state and society -- 5. The role of virtue in the Addresses to the German Nation.

Sommario/riassunto

In this study of Fichte's social and political philosophy, David James offers an interpretation of Fichte's most famous writings in this area, including his Foundations of Natural Right and Addresses to the German Nation, centred on two main themes: property and virtue. These themes provide the basis for a discussion of such issues as what it means to guarantee the freedom of all the citizens of a state, the problem of unequal relations of economic dependence between states,



and the differences and connections between the legal and political sphere of right and morality. James also relates Fichte's central social and political ideas to those of other important figures in the history of philosophy, including Locke, Kant and Hegel, as well as to the radical phase of the French Revolution. His account will be of importance to all who are interested in Fichte's philosophy and its intellectual and political context.