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The Embodiment of Reason (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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The Embodiment of Reason (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Commentators on the work of Immanuel Kant have long held that his
later "critical" writings are a radical rejection of his earlier,
less celebrated efforts. In this pathbreaking book, Susan Shell
demonstrates not only the developmental unity of Kant's individual
writings, but also the unity of his work and life experience.
Shell argues that the central animating issues of Kant's lifework
concerned the perplexing relation of spirit to body. Through an
exacting analysis of individual writings, Shell maps the
philosophical contours of Kant's early intellectual struggles and
their relation to his more mature thought. The paradox of mind in
matter and the tensions it generates--between freedom and
determinacy, independence and community, ideal and real--are shown
to inform the whole of his work. Shell's fresh, penetrating
analysis of the precritical works will surely catapult them to new
prominence in Kant studies.
Shell's critique goes further to consider the context of
contemporary intellectual life. She explores the fascinating realm
of Kant's sexual and medical idiosyncracies, linking them to the
primary concerns of his critical philosophy. She develops a
sure-to-be controversial treatment of the connection between Kant's
philosophy and his chronic hypochondria, and illuminates previously
unforeseen connections in a remarkable convergence of life and
thought, with important theoretical and practical implications for
modern times.
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