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Rousseau and German idealism : freedom, dependence and necessity /
The claim that Rousseau's writings influenced the development of Kant's critical philosophy, and German idealism, is not a new one. As correct as the claim may be, it does not amount to a systematic account of Rousseau's place within this philosophical tradition. It also suggests a pr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Works of Rousseau; Works of Kant; Works of Fichte; Works of Hegel; Introduction; Freedom and dependence; Necessity; Perfectibility; Chapter One Rousseau on freedom, dependence and necessity; Freedom and dependence; The transition from dependence on things to dependence on men in the Second Discourse; The spectre of primitive man in Reveries of the Solitary Walker; Will and necessity; Chapter Two Evil and perfectibility in Kant's liberalism; Kant's liberal theodicy; Kant on radical evil: making exceptions for oneself
- A civil society of intelligent devilsCulture and the ethical community; Normativity and history; Chapter Three Imposing order; The political architect; Rousseau on property; Equality and freedom in Fichte's theory of right; Fichte on property; Imposing order; Interpreting the common will; Political authority in Fichte's later Rechtslehre; Chapter Four Will and necessity in Hegel's Philosophy of Right; Hegel's re-conceptualization of the general will; Subjective freedom; The 'state of necessity'; Economic necessity; The limits of subjective freedom; The existence of the general will
- Chapter Five Activism and idlenessFichte's critique of Rousseau; Selfhood and moral freedom; Rousseau on idleness; Fichte on leisure; Ethical activism and the modern division of labour; Bibliography; Index