Herder : : Aesthetics against Imperialism / / John K. Noyes.
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 th...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | German and European Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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