Kant, Herder, and the Birth of Anthropology (Paperback, New edition)

If Kant had never made the "critical turn" of 1773, would he be worth more than a paragraph in the history of philosophy? Most scholars think not. But in this pioneering book, John H. Zammito challenges that view by revealing a precritical Kant who was immensely more influential than the one philosophers think they know. Zammito also reveals Kant's former student and latter-day rival, Johann Herder, to be a much more philosophically interesting thinker than is usually assumed and, in many important respects, historically as significant as Kant.
Relying on previously unexamined sources, Zammito traces Kant's friendship with Herder as well as the personal tensions that destroyed their relationship. With this background, he shows how two very different philosophers emerged from the same beginnings and how, because of Herder's reformulation of Kant, anthropology was born out of philosophy. Shedding light on an overlooked period of philosophical development, this book is a major contribution to the history of philosophy and the social sciences, and especially to the history of anthropology.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	John H. Zammito
Dimensions:	148 x 227 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	576
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-97859-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN:	0-226-97859-1
Barcode:	9780226978598

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