Karl Jaspers : politics and metaphysics / / Chris Thornhill

• Autore: Thornhill Chris <1966->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 pages)
• Disciplina: 193
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Karl Jaspers
• ISBN: 1-136-45416-0; 0-415-40835-0; 1-315-01455-6; 1-136-45409-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806809403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy