German Philosophy of Language

From Schlegel to Hegel and Beyond
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-960481-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 710 g

Ground-breaking study in the history of ideas
Has radical implications for our understanding of the philosophy of language
Establishes the philosophical and linguistic legacy of J. G. Herder
Recovers intrinsically valuable ideas from a neglected strand of nineteenth-century German philosophy
Combines historical scrupulousness with philosophical rigour
Covers a range of interests beyond philosophy, including interpretation, genre, art, and linguistics

Michael Forster here presents a ground-breaking study of German philosophy of language in the nineteenth century (and beyond). His previous book, After Herder, showed that the eighteenth-century philosopher J.G. Herder played the fundamental role in founding modern philosophy of language, including new theories of interpretation ('hermeneutics') and translation, as well as in establishing such whole new disciplines concerned with language as anthropology and linguistics. This new volume reveals that Herder's ideas continued to have a profound impact on such important nineteenth-century thinkers as Friedrich Schlegel (the leading German Romantic), Wilhelm von Humboldt (a founder of linguistics), and G.W.F. Hegel (the leading German Idealist). Forster shows that the most valuable ideas about language in this tradition were continuous with Herder's, whereas deviations from the latter that occurred tended to be inferior. This book not only sets the historical record straight but also champions the Herderian tradition for ist philosophical depth and breadth.

Zielgruppe

Historians of philosophy, philosophers of language, intellectual historians of the nineteenth century, scholars of German literature, historians of linguistics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forster, Michael N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Deutscher Idealismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Schlegel
1: Friedrich Schlegel
2: Friedrich Schlegel's Hermeneutics
Part II: Humboldt
3: Wilhelm von Humboldt
4: Herder, Schlegel, Humboldt, and the Birth of Modern Linguistics
Part III: Hegel
5: Hegel on Language
6: Hegel and Some (Near-)Contemporaries: Narrow or Broad Expressivism?
7: Hegel and Hermeneutics
Part IV: And Beyond
8: Philosophy of Language in the Nineteenth Century
9: Hermeneutics
Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Forster, Michael N.
Michael N. Forster read P.P.E. at Oxford University, and earned his PhD in Philosophy at Princeton University. Since 1985 he has taught at the University of Chicago, where he served for ten years as chairman of the Philosophy Department and is currently Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Philosophy. He is the author of six books on German philosophy, as well as many articles on German philosophy, ancient philosophy, and contemporary philosophy of language.

Michael N. Forster, University of Chicago

Michael N. Forster read P.P.E. at Oxford University, and earned his PhD in Philosophy at Princeton University. Since 1985 he has taught at the University of Chicago, where he served for ten years as chairman of the Philosophy Department and is currently Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Philosophy. He is the author of six books on German philosophy, as well as many articles on German philosophy, ancient philosophy, and contemporary philosophy of language.