Julian Young

German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century (eBook, ePUB)

Lukács to Strauss

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The course of German philosophy in the twentieth century is one of the most exciting and controversial in the history of human thought. In this outstanding and engaging introduction, a companion volume to his German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Weber to Heidegger, Julian Young examines and assesses the way in which some of the major German thinkers of the period reacted, often in starkly contrasting ways, to the challenges posed by the nature of modernity, the failure of liberalism and the concept of decline.

Divided into two parts exploring major intellectual figures of the left and right respectively, Young introduces and assesses the thought of the following figures:

• Georg Lukács: the critique of capitalism: alienation, reification, and false consciousness
• Ernst Bloch: the Marxist utopia
• Walter Benjamin: the confluence of phenomenology and left-wing thought: the Arcades Project, aura, and the technological reproduction of the artwork
• Oswald Spengler: the pessimistic right and the concept of Western decline
• Max Scheler: Catholic conservatism and the 'objective hierarchy of values'
• Carl Schmitt: the failure of liberalism, dictatorship, 'friends' versus 'enemies'
• Leo Strauss: the rejection of moral relativism and the return to classical philosophy.

Highly relevant when the viability of liberal democracy is again called into question, German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Lukacs to Strauss is essential reading for students of German philosophy, phenomenology and critical theory, and will also be of interest to students in related fields such as literature, religious studies, and political theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000201772
• Artikelnr.: 60089824

Autorenporträt

Julian Young is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Wake Forest University, USA, and Honorary Research Associate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of fifteen books including Schopenhauer (Routledge, 2005); Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography, which won the Association of American Publishers' 2010 PROSE award for philosophy; The Philosophy of Tragedy: from Plato to Zizek (2013); and The Death of God and the Meaning of Life (2nd edition 2014, Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Weber: Rationalization and Disenchantment 2. Horkheimer and
Adorno: Irrational Reason 3. Habermas: Lifeworld and System 4. Marcuse:
Reason and Pleasure 5. Husserl: Phenomenology and the Crisis of the
Sciences 6. Early Heidegger: Existential Phenomenology 7. Gadamer: Truth
versus Method 8. Arendt: The Human Condition 9. Later Heidegger: Godless
Theology Conclusion. Index

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Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Wilhelm Dilthey: Explanation and understanding 2. Karl Jaspers: The first existentialist 3. Edith Stein: Empathy, community, and Catholicism 4. Paul Tillich: Religious existentialism 5. Martin Buber: I and thou 6. Hans Jonas: Responsibility for the planet 7. Erich Fromm: Humanistic psychology 8. Axel Honneth: The struggle for recognition Afterword. Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

"Preceded by volumes covering Weber to Habermas and Lukács to Strauss,(published in 2018 and 2020) this third and final volume of Young's German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century examines eight philosophers and theologians who once were, but no longer are, central to the pressing philosophical debates of the 20th century. ... In company with the previous two volumes in the set, this insightful, well-written volume is an exciting guide through 20th-century German philosophy. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." - J. A. Fischel, CHOICE

"Young's mastery of modern German philosophy is unsurpassed. In this lucid, compelling, and wide-ranging study, he continues his long-standing effort to map and assess this complex terrain, throwing new and much needed light especially on the relation between philosophy and politics. While revealing unexpected and exciting approaches to its subject matter, it offers timely and intellectually stimulating perspectives on our contemporary challenges." - Espen Hammer, Temple University, USA