जर्मन आइडियलिज्म

This book provides a detailed reconstruction of the origins of Schopenhauer’s philosophy and its inherent aporias. It is divided into four parts. The first section delves into the pietistic upbringin …

From the early 1790s until after the turn of the century, a very productive but also controversial exchange took place between Reinhold and Fichte. Though many key aspects of post-Kantian philosophy …

The place (or absence) of God in Nietzsche’s thought remains central and controversial. Nietzsche’s proclamation of ‘the death of God’ is one of the most famous (and parodied) slogans in modern philo …

The question of Nietzsche’s use of political theory has a long and vexed history. The contributors of this book re-situate debates around the notion of difference, in relation to historical and schol …

Before now, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the multiple relations between A. Comte’s and J.S. Mill’s positive philosophy and Franz Brentano’s work. The present volume aims to fill this g …

Nietzsche says ‘good Europeans’ must not only cultivate a ‘supra-national’ view, but also ‘supra-European’ perspective to transcend their European biases and see beyond the horizon of Western culture …

“Hegel and scepticism” remains an intriguing topic directly concerning the logical and methodological core of Hegel’s system. A series of contributions is unfolding around a keynote paper by Klaus Vi …

Nietzsche is known as a severe critic of German Idealism, but what exactly is the relation between his thought and theirs? And how does Nietzsche’s stance differ from the critique of idealism in Kier …

The work of the later Schelling (in and after 1809) seems antithetical to that of Nietzsche: one a Romantic, idealist and Christian, the other Dionysian, anti-idealist and anti-Christian. Still, ther …

The idea of a final end of human conduct – the highest good – plays an important role in Kant’s philosophy. Unlike his predecessors Kant defines the highest good as a combination of two heterogeneous …