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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806809403321

Autore

Thornhill Chris <1966->

Titolo

Karl Jaspers : politics and metaphysics / / Chris Thornhill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-45416-0

0-415-40835-0

1-315-01455-6

1-136-45409-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 pages)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy.

Disciplina

193

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication ; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; A note on texts and translations; Introduction; 1. Jaspers' philosophy: the basic terms ; 2. Jaspers and Kant: the ideas of existence; 3. Jaspers and Weber: transcendent responsibilities; 4. Jaspers, Dilthey and Simmel: experience and history; 5. Jaspers and Heidegger: the anthropologies of existence; 6. Theology or anthropology?: Jaspers, religion and the revealed law; 7. Republican existence: Jaspers and post-war politics; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book sets out a new reading of the much-neglected philosophy of Karl Jaspers. By questioning the common perception of Jaspers either as a proponent of irrationalist cultural philosophy or as an early, peripheral disciple of Martin Heidegger, it re-establishes him as a central figure in modern European philosophy. <BR>Giving particular consideration to his position in epistemological, metaphysical and political debate, the author argues that Jaspers's work deserves renewed consideration in a number of important discussions, particularly in hermeneutics, anthropological reflections on relig