Editors:
- Provides comprehensive coverage of Fichtean thought from a variety of perspectives
- Employs a clear seven section structure to help orientate those scholars new to research in Fichtean philosophy
- Begins with a biographical chapter on the life of Fichte and his intellectual trajectory
Part of the book series: Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism (PHGI)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Historical and Conceptual Context
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Front Matter
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Ethical Theory
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Front Matter
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Political and Social Theory
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Front Matter
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About this book
This Handbook provides a comprehensive single-volume treatment of Fichte’s philosophy. In addition to offering new researchers an authoritative introduction and orientation to Fichtean thought, the volume also surveys the main scholarly and philosophical controversies regarding Fichtean interpretation, and defends a range of philosophical theses in a way that advances the scholarly discussion. Fichte is the first major philosopher in the post-Kantian tradition and the first of the great German Idealists, but he was no mere epigone of Kant or precursor to Hegel. His work speaks powerfully and originally to a wide range of issues of enduring concern, and his many innovations importantly anticipate major developments, including absolute idealism, phenomenology, and existentialism. He is therefore not only a path-breaking thinker but also a pivotal figure in Western intellectual history. Wide-ranging, well-organised and timely, this key volume makes Fichte’s work both accessible and relevant. It is essential reading for scholars, graduate researchers and advanced students interested in Fichte, German Idealism, and the history of nineteenth-century philosophy in the West.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Philosophy and Religion, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, USA
Steven Hoeltzel
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Fichte Handbook
Editors: Steven Hoeltzel
Series Title: Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26508-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26507-6Published: 06 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26510-6Published: 09 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26508-3Published: 22 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-6230
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6249
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 550
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: German Idealism, Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion