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The German Historicist Tradition

Frederick C Beiser author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:24th Nov '11

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This is the first full study in English of the German historicist tradition. Frederick C. Beiser surveys the major German thinkers on history from the middle of the eighteenth century until the early twentieth century, providing an introduction to each thinker and the main issues in interpreting and appraising his thought. The volume offers new interpretations of well-known philosophers such as Johann Gottfried Herder and Max Weber, and introduces others who are scarcely known at all, including J. A. Chladenius, Justus Möser, Heinrich Rickert, and Emil Lask. Beyond an exploration of the historical and intellectual context of each thinker, Beiser illuminates the sources and reasons for the movement of German historicism--one of the great revolutions in modern Western thought, and the source of our historical understanding of the human world.

This is an excellent and fascinating book. Beiser brings to bear a deep knowledge of both primary and secondary sources, a sharp eye for important philosophical issues, and an engaging writing style. * Michael N. Forster, Mind *
this book exhibits the stylistic virtues that readers have come to expect from Beisers work, above all the virtue of clarity of exposition * Corey McCall, Philosophy in Review *
This is an excellent and fascinating book. Beiser brings to bear a deep knowledge of both primary and secondary sources, a sharp eye for important philosophical issues, and an engaging writing style. * Michael N. Forster, Mind *

ISBN: 9780199691555

Dimensions: 240mm x 163mm x 45mm

Weight: 1076g

614 pages