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Herder : aesthetics against imperialism / / John K. Noyes



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Autore: Noyes John K (John Kenneth), <1955-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Herder : aesthetics against imperialism / / John K. Noyes Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
Disciplina: 325.32
Soggetto topico: Aesthetics, German - 18th century
Philosophy, German - 18th century
Imperialism
Enlightenment
Soggetto geografico: Tyskland
Soggetto non controllato: (lcsh)Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803--Aesthetics
(fast)Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803
(fast)1700 - 1799
(lcsh)Aesthetics, German--18th century
(lcsh)Philosophy, German--18th century
(lcsh)Imperialism
(lcsh)Enlightenment
(fast)Aesthetics
(fast)Aesthetics, German
(fast)Enlightenment
(fast)Imperialism
(fast)Philosophy, German
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Postcolonial Theory and Herder's Anti-Imperialism -- 1. From Epistemology to Aesthetics -- 2. From Organic Life to the Politics of Interpretation -- 3. From Human Restlessness to the Politics of Difference -- 4. From the Location of Language to the Multiplicity of Reason -- 5. From Human Diversity to the Politics of Natural Development -- 6. The Aesthetics of Revolution and the Critique of Imperialism -- Conclusion: Herder, Postcolonialism, and the Antinomy of Universal Reason -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Among his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism. A student of Immanuel Kant, Herder challenged the idea that anyone - even the philosophers of the Enlightenment - could have a monopoly on truth.In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder's anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations. Noyes argues that Herder's anti-rationalist epistemology, his rejection of universal conceptions of truth, knowledge, and justice, constitutes the first attempt to establish not just a moral but an epistemological foundation for anti-imperialism. Engaging with the work of postcolonial theorists such Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak, this book is a valuable reassessment of Enlightenment anti-imperialism that demonstrates Herder's continuing relevance to postcolonial studies today.
Titolo autorizzato: Herder  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4426-2298-9
1-4426-2297-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819536103321
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Serie: German and European studies.