A Peculiar Fate : Metaphysics and World-History in Kant /

Peter Fenves here investigates Kant's ongoing effort to bring metaphysical and strictly historical concepts of the world together in his presentation of world-history. Fenves argues that, far from being a mere illustration of his metaphysical principles, Kant's attempt to present history i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fenves, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804.
Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804
1700-1799
Metaphysics > History > 18th century.
World history.
History.
Métaphysique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Histoire universelle.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism.
Metaphysics
World history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Translations
  • Introduction: Raising the Question-Fate
  • 1. Sterndeutung: Sky and Ground in the Universal Natural History
  • 2. Fatalities: The Turn of Freedom in the "Idea for a Universal History"
  • 3. Enthusiasm, Anamnesis: Freedom and Renewal in the "Renewed Question"
  • Renewal Once Again
  • Bibliography of Works Cited
  • Index

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