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Two decades ago, Schelling first resurfaced in Zizek's Indivisible
Remainder, and the same argumentative move of redeploying
Schellingian themes for contemporary ends has continued to play a
significant role in critical theory since (Markus Gabriel, Iain
Hamilton Grant, Jean-Luc Nancy). All the articles in this volume
attempt to take seriously the idea of Schelling as a contemporary
philosopher: Schelling is read in dialogue with key figures in the
canon of European philosophy and critical theory (Alain Badiou,
Emilie du Chatelet, Gilles Deleuze, Paul de Man, Quentin
Meillassoux, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Gilbert Simondon, Slavoj
Zizek), as well as in light of recent trends in analytic philosophy
(Brandomian pragmatism, powers-based metaphysics and semantic
naturalism) - and such readings are not meant merely to highlight
Schellingian influences or resonances in contemporary thinking but
rather to challenge and interrogate current orthodoxies by
insisting upon the contemporaneity of Schellingian speculation.
That is, the aim is both to evaluate and constructively build upon
this repeated return to Schelling: to probe, to diagnose and to
experiment on the latent Schellingianisms of the present and the
future. This book was originally published as a special issue of
Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities.
Of all the topics in the history of philosophy, the history of
different forms of thinking and contemplation is one of the most
important, and yet is also relatively overlooked. What is it to
think philosophically? How did different forms of
thinking—reflection, contemplation, critique and
analysis—emerge in different epochs? This collection offers a
rich and diverse philosophical exploration of the history of
contemplation, from the classical period to the twenty-first
century. It covers canonical figures including Plato, Aristotle,
Descartes and Kant, as well as debates in less well-known areas
such as classical Indian and Islamic thought and the role of
speculation in twentieth-century Russian philosophy. Comprising
twenty-two chapters by an international team of contributors, the
volume is divided into five parts: • Flourishing and Thinking
from Homer to Hume • The Thinking of Thinking from Augustine to
Gödel • Images and Thinking from Plotinus to Unger • Bodies of
Thought and Habits of Thinking from Plato to Irigaray • The
Efficacy of Thinking from Sextus to Bataille Thought: A
Philosophical History is the first comprehensive investigation of
the history of philosophical thought and contemplation. As such, it
is a landmark publication for anyone researching and teaching the
history of philosophy, and a valuable resource for those studying
the subject in related fields such as literature, religion,
sociology and the history of ideas.
Of all the topics in the history of philosophy, the history of
different forms of thinking and contemplation is one of the most
important, and yet is also relatively overlooked. What is it to
think philosophically? How did different forms of
thinking-reflection, contemplation, critique and analysis-emerge in
different epochs? This collection offers a rich and diverse
philosophical exploration of the history of contemplation, from the
classical period to the twenty-first century. It covers canonical
figures including Plato, Aristotle, Descartes and Kant, as well as
debates in less well-known areas such as classical Indian and
Islamic thought and the role of speculation in twentieth-century
Russian philosophy. Comprising twenty-two chapters by an
international team of contributors, the volume is divided into five
parts: * Flourishing and Thinking from Homer to Hume * The Thinking
of Thinking from Augustine to Goedel * Images and Thinking from
Plotinus to Unger * Bodies of Thought and Habits of Thinking from
Plato to Irigaray * The Efficacy of Thinking from Sextus to
Bataille Thought: A Philosophical History is the first
comprehensive investigation of the history of philosophical thought
and contemplation. As such, it is a landmark publication for anyone
researching and teaching the history of philosophy, and a valuable
resource for those studying the subject in related fields such as
literature, religion, sociology and the history of ideas.
Two decades ago, Schelling first resurfaced in Zizek's Indivisible
Remainder, and the same argumentative move of redeploying
Schellingian themes for contemporary ends has continued to play a
significant role in critical theory since (Markus Gabriel, Iain
Hamilton Grant, Jean-Luc Nancy). All the articles in this volume
attempt to take seriously the idea of Schelling as a contemporary
philosopher: Schelling is read in dialogue with key figures in the
canon of European philosophy and critical theory (Alain Badiou,
Emilie du Chatelet, Gilles Deleuze, Paul de Man, Quentin
Meillassoux, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Gilbert Simondon, Slavoj
Zizek), as well as in light of recent trends in analytic philosophy
(Brandomian pragmatism, powers-based metaphysics and semantic
naturalism) - and such readings are not meant merely to highlight
Schellingian influences or resonances in contemporary thinking but
rather to challenge and interrogate current orthodoxies by
insisting upon the contemporaneity of Schellingian speculation.
That is, the aim is both to evaluate and constructively build upon
this repeated return to Schelling: to probe, to diagnose and to
experiment on the latent Schellingianisms of the present and the
future. This book was originally published as a special issue of
Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities.
The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism and Poststructuralism
offers a wide-ranging dialogue between theory and German Idealism,
joining up the various lines of influence connecting German
Idealist and Romantic philosophies in all their variety to post-'68
European philosophies, from Derrida and Deleuze to Žižek and
Malabou. Â Key features: Provides in-depth reflections on the
various conversations between German Idealism and theory, including
an expanded canon of Idealist philosophers and a wide range of
contemporary anti-foundationalist thinkers. Includes marginalized
voices and concepts that reflect both contemporary concerns as well
as the sheer abundance of readings of German Idealism undertaken by
European theorists over the last fifty years. Expands the existing
scholarship by focusing on new, future directions emerging out of
the idealism-theory relationship. The Palgrave Handbook of German
Idealism and Poststructuralism is essential reading for researchers
and students of all levels — from senior scholars to advanced
undergraduates — working on the legacy of German Idealist
philosophers within philosophy departments, as well as all those
interested in theory from across the humanities.
The first ever English translation of Fran ois Hemsterhuis'
philosophically ambitious and illuminating fragments, notes and
correspondence Translates Hemsterhuis' fragmentary notes, treatises
and letters in English for the first time, supplementing and
informing the texts published in volumes 1 and 2 of the series
Introduces the first translation into any language that is based on
a critical and complete edition of Hemsterhuis' correspondence and
unedited works Forms a scholarly edition with full apparatus and
commentaries that will elucidate the meaning of Hemsterhuis' texts
Includes introductory essays that cover the full range of subjects
at stake in the texts by world-leading scholars of Dutch philosophy
like Jonathan I. Israel and Henri A. Krop A complete edition with
full scholarly apparatus and commentaries, tracing Hemsterhuis'
remarkable influence on the French Enlightenment, German Idealism
and German Romanticism. The first ever English translation of Fran
ois Hemsterhuis' philosophically ambitious and illuminating
fragments, notes and correspondence, making accessible to
Anglophone readers some of the most significant texts, for a
genuine understanding of his philosophy. This final volume in The
Edinburgh Edition of the Complete Philosophical Works of Fran ois
Hemsterhuis includes the Letter on Atheism, the Letter on Fatalism
and the Letter on Optics all penned as part of his remarkable
correspondence with Amalie Gallitzin as well as the unpublished
dialogue, Alexis II. Also included is Hemsterhuis' philosophical
responses to Plato, Spinoza and Diderot, to contemporary political
events in the Dutch Republic and to the French Revolution.
Interrogating Modernity returns to Hans Blumenberg's epochal The
Legitimacy of the Modern Age as a springboard to interrogate
questions of modernity, secularisation, technology and political
legitimacy in the fields of political theology, history of ideas,
political theory, art theory, history of philosophy, theology and
sociology. That is, the twelve essays in this volume return to
Blumenberg's work to think once more about how and why we should
value the modern. Written by a group of leading international and
interdisciplinary researchers, this series of responses to the
question of the modern put Blumenberg into dialogue with other
twentieth, and twenty-first century theorists, such as Arendt,
Bloch, Derrida, Husserl, Jonas, Latour, Voegelin, Weber and many
more. The result is a repositioning of his work at the heart of
contemporary attempts to make sense of who we are and how we've got
here.
From the shadow of the Kantian critique it to the Oxford debates
over Darwinism that shook the discipline to the core, and from the
death of God to the rise of new Evangelical movements, 19th-century
theology was fundamentally reshaped by both internal struggles and
external developments. This critical history charts this reshaping
by focusing on the emerging theological themes of the period that
cross authors, disciplines and nations. A team of internationally
leading scholars map lines of thought from Romanticism through
Hegelianism and positivism, exploring the richness of theology's
interactions with anthropology, art, industry, literature,
philosophy, science and society.
Hegel and Schelling in Early Nineteenth-Century France is a
two-volume work that documents the French reception of G. W. F.
Hegel and F. W. J. Schelling from 1801 to 1848. It shows that the
story of the "French Hegel" didn't begin with Wahl and Kojève by
giving readers a solid understanding of the various ways in which
German Idealism impacted nineteenth-century French philosophy, as
well as providing the first ever English-language translations of
excerpts from the most important philosophical texts of the era.
Inside volume one, readers will find a number of interpretative
frameworks to help them get to grips with this neglected field in
the history of ideas. In addition to excerpted translations and a
narrative of Hegel’s and Schelling’s fate in France during the
early nineteenth century, this volume includes an introduction on
transnational reception history, as well as an analytical catalogue
of the translations of their work produced in French at this time,
of the publications which appropriated or interrogated their
philosophical legacy, and of the journals, institutional structures
and other mechanisms of dissemination that brought Hegel’s and
Schelling’s philosophy into France. The book thus details
the ways in which French philosophers of the period took up the
debates and concepts of German Idealism, transformed them or
rejected them. In this way, it aims to contribute to a reversal of
the serious neglect of early nineteenth-century French thought in
English-language scholarship and, in so doing, goes beyond a
nation-based narrative of the history of philosophy. Figures
covered in the volumes include major philosophers such as Cousin,
Leroux, Proudhon, Quinet, Ravaisson, Renouvier and Véra, as well
more neglected figures, like Barchou de Penhoën, Bénard, Lèbre,
Lerminier, Pictet, and Willm.
The first ever English translation of Francois Hemsterhuis' early
series of philosophical letters published during the 1760s and
1770s. In this edition, the Letter on an Antique Gemstone, Letter
on Sculpture, Letter on Desires and Letter on Man and his Relations
are published chronologically to gradually reveal Hemsterhuis'
complete systematic vision. They are supplemented with three
introductions: the first by Peter Sonderen pinpoints the
significance of Hemsterhuis' remarkably influential aesthetics; the
second by Jacob van Sluis provides the context to his comprehensive
Letter on Man and his Relations; and the third by Gabriel Trop
focuses on the importance of these writings in the history of
ideas, especially Herder's translation and 'Postscript' to the
Letter on Desires, Diderot's commentary on the Letter on Man and
his Relations and Goethe's incorporation of Hemsterhuis' definition
of beauty into his aesthetic reflections.
Resets the scholarship on the philosophical practice and style of
Francois HemsterhuisFrancois Hemsterhuis, 1721-1790, was the most
significant Dutch philosopher after Spinoza. Daniel Whistler argues
that Hemsterhuis' philosophy matters and that its exclusion from
the canon of modern philosophy has been unjust. This is not just
because of its influence on later German thinkers, such as Goethe,
Hegel, Herder, Jacobi, Lessing and Novalis - but primarily because
Hemsterhuis' philosophy contains such a rich assemblage of ideas
and philosophical practices. Whistler looks specifically at
Hemsterhuis' reflections on philosophical style and the strategies
he employs to communicate and disclose ideas in his late dialogues.
Taking seriously Hemsterhuis' newly-published complete
correspondence as a significant philosophical text, he contends
that Hemsterhuis deserves to be placed alongside Schlegel,
Kierkegaard and Nietzsche as one of the preeminent philosophical
stylists of modernity.
Hegel and Schelling in Early Nineteenth-Century France is a
two-volume work that documents the French reception of G. W. F.
Hegel and F. W. J. Schelling from 1801 to 1848. It shows that the
story of the "French Hegel" didn't begin with Wahl and Kojève by
giving readers a solid understanding of the various ways in which
German Idealism impacted nineteenth-century French philosophy, as
well as providing the first ever English-language translations of
excerpts from the most important philosophical texts of the era.
Inside volume two, readers will find a series of scholarly studies
to help them get to grips with this neglected field in the history
of ideas. The contributors are world-leading and emerging experts
from Europe, UK, and North America. They highlight the stakes and
trace the pathways of this reception for French and German thought
during the period, including the ways in which French philosophers
of the period took up the debates and concepts of German Idealism,
transformed them or rejected them. In this way, it aims to redress
the serious neglect of early nineteenth-century French thought in
English-language scholarship and, in so doing, goes beyond a
nation-based narrative of the history of philosophy. Figures
covered in the volumes include major philosophers such as Cousin,
Leroux, Proudhon, Quinet, Ravaisson, Renouvier and Véra, as well
more neglected figures, like Barchou de Penhoën, Bénard, Lèbre,
Lerminier, Pictet, and Willm.
F.W.J. Schelling (1775-1854) stands alongside J.G. Fichte and
G.W.F. Hegel as one of the great philosophers of the German
idealist tradition. The Schelling Reader introduces students to
Schelling’s philosophy by guiding them through the first ever
English-language anthology of his key texts—an anthology which
showcases the vast array of his interests and concerns
(metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of nature, ethics,
aesthetics, philosophy of religion and mythology, and political
philosophy). The reader includes the most important passages from
all of Schelling’s major works as well as lesser-known yet
illuminating lectures and essays, revealing a philosopher
rigorously and boldly grappling with some of the most difficult
philosophical problems for over six decades, and constantly
modifying and correcting his earlier thought in light of new
insights. Schelling’s evolving philosophies have often presented
formidable challenges to the teaching of his thought. For the first
time, The Schelling Reader arranges readings from his work
thematically, so as to bring to the fore the basic continuity in
his trajectory, as well as the varied ways he tackles perennial
problems. Each of the twelve chapters includes sustained readings
that span the whole of Schelling’s career, along with explanatory
notes and an editorial introduction that introduces the main
themes, arguments, and questions at stake in the text. The
Editors’ Introduction to the volume as a whole also provides
important details on the context of Schelling’s life and work to
help students effectively engage with the material.
During the first decade of the nineteenth century, F. W. J.
Schelling was involved in three distinct controversies with one of
his most perceptive and provocative critics, A. C. A. Eschenmayer.
The first of these controversies took place in 1801 and focused on
the philosophy of nature.Berger and Whistler provide a
ground-breaking account of this moment in the history of
philosophy. They argue that key Schellingian concepts, such as
identity, potency and abstraction, were first forged in his early
debate with Eschenmayer. Through a series of translations and
commentaries, they show that the 1801 controversy is an essential
resource for understanding Schelling's thought, the philosophy of
nature and the origins of absolute idealism.Additionally, Berger
and Whistler demonstrate how the Schelling-Eschenmayer controversy
raises important issues for the philosophy of nature today,
including questions about the relation between identity and
difference and the possibility of explaining sensible qualities in
terms of quantity. This ultimately leads to the formulation of the
most basic methodological question for the philosophy of nature:
must this philosophy be based upon a prior consideration of
consciousness as Eschenmayer insists or might it simply begin with
nature itself? By arguing for the latter position, Schelling
challenges us to entertain the possibility that the philosophy of
nature is first philosophy.
The first English translation of Francois Hemsterhuis' widely
influential late dialogues, which came to be entwined in
contemporary philosophical debates in GermanyThe four published
dialogues offer diverse treatments of non-materialist philosophy.
Sophylus is concerned with providing the basic epistemological
structures that Hemsterhuis believes are compatible with common
sense, Socratic inquiry and Newtonian science. Aristeaus is a
sustained series of reflections on arguments for the existence of
God, concepts of order and chaos in the universe. Simon is closely
modelled on Plato's Symposium in style, structure and content and
provides the clearest statement of Hemsterhuis' late ethics and
aesthetics. Finally, Alexis the favourite work of many of the
German Romantics uses contemporary discussions of astronomy and
optics to formulate a mythic ode to the role of enthusiasm and
feeling in the constitution of wisdom. Two editorial introductions
supplement these translations the first by Daniel Whistler
considers Hemsterhuis' relationship with Amelia Gallitzin and how
that influenced what he came to call 'our philosophy' and the
second by Laure Cahen-Maurel examines the role played by Jacobi and
others in the transmission of these texts and their influence on
Holderlin's Hyperion and Novalis' Hemsterhuis-Studies in
particular.
Berger and Whistler provide a ground-breaking account of
Schelling's first controversy with his critic A. C. A. Eschenmayer
in 1801, which focused on the philosophy of nature. They argue that
key Schellingian concepts, such as identity, potency and
abstraction, were first forged in his early debate with
Eschenmayer.
Interrogating Modernity returns to Hans Blumenberg's epochal The
Legitimacy of the Modern Age as a springboard to interrogate
questions of modernity, secularisation, technology and political
legitimacy in the fields of political theology, history of ideas,
political theory, art theory, history of philosophy, theology and
sociology. That is, the twelve essays in this volume return to
Blumenberg's work to think once more about how and why we should
value the modern. Written by a group of leading international and
interdisciplinary researchers, this series of responses to the
question of the modern put Blumenberg into dialogue with other
twentieth, and twenty-first century theorists, such as Arendt,
Bloch, Derrida, Husserl, Jonas, Latour, Voegelin, Weber and many
more. The result is a repositioning of his work at the heart of
contemporary attempts to make sense of who we are and how we've got
here.
Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer (1765-1844) was the ‘father of
philosophy of nature’ owing to his profound influence on German
Idealist and Romantic Naturphilosophie. With the recent growth of
interest in Idealist and Romantic philosophy of nature in the UK
and abroad, the importance of Kielmeyer’s work is being
increasingly recognised and special attention is being paid to his
influence on biology’s development as a distinct discipline at
the end of the eighteenth century. In this exciting new book, Lydia
Azadpour and Daniel Whistler present the first ever English
translations of key texts by Kielmeyer, along with contextual and
interpretative essays by leading international scholars, who are
experts on the philosophy of nature and the formation of the life
sciences in the late eighteenth century. The topics they cover
include: the laws of nature, the concept of force, the meaning of
‘organism’, the logic of recapitulation, Kielmeyer and ecology,
sexual differentiation in animal life and Kielmeyer’s
relationship to Kant, Schelling and Hegel. In doing so, they
provide a comprehensive English reference to Kielmeyer’s
historical and contemporary significance.
F.W.J. Schelling (1775-1854) stands alongside J.G. Fichte and
G.W.F. Hegel as one of the great philosophers of the German
idealist tradition. The Schelling Reader introduces students to
Schelling's philosophy by guiding them through the first ever
English-language anthology of his key texts-an anthology which
showcases the vast array of his interests and concerns
(metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of nature, ethics,
aesthetics, philosophy of religion and mythology, and political
philosophy). The reader includes the most important passages from
all of Schelling's major works as well as lesser-known yet
illuminating lectures and essays, revealing a philosopher
rigorously and boldly grappling with some of the most difficult
philosophical problems for over six decades, and constantly
modifying and correcting his earlier thought in light of new
insights. Schelling's evolving philosophies have often presented
formidable challenges to the teaching of his thought. For the first
time, The Schelling Reader arranges readings from his work
thematically, so as to bring to the fore the basic continuity in
his trajectory, as well as the varied ways he tackles perennial
problems. Each of the twelve chapters includes sustained readings
that span the whole of Schelling's career, along with explanatory
notes and an editorial introduction that introduces the main
themes, arguments, and questions at stake in the text. The Editors'
Introduction to the volume as a whole also provides important
details on the context of Schelling's life and work to help
students effectively engage with the material.
Over three decades, Gillian Howie wrote at the forefront of
philosophy and critical theory, before her untimely death in 2013.
This interdisciplinary collection uses her writings to explore the
productive, yet often resistant, interrelationship between feminism
and critical theory, examining the potential of Howie's particular
form of materialism. The contributors also bring to this debate a
serious engagement with Howie's late turn towards philosophies of
mortality, therapy and 'living with dying'. The volume considers
how differently embodied subjects are positioned within public
institutions, discourses and spaces, and the role of philosophy,
art, film, photography, and literature, in facing situations such
as sexual oppression and life-limiting illness.
Volume 7 (2013): The Mystical Text (Black Clouds Course Through Me
Unending . . . ) Editors: Nicola Masciandaro & Eugene Thacker
Contributors: Cinzia Arruzza, Daniel Colucciello Barber, Ron
Broglio, Aaron Dunlap, Kevin Hart, Karmen MacKendrick, Beatrice
Marovich, Timothy Morton, Joshua Ramey, Christopher Roman, Daniel
Whistler.
Over three decades, Gillian Howie wrote at the forefront of
philosophy and critical theory, before her untimely death in 2013.
This interdisciplinary collection uses her writings to explore the
productive, yet often resistant, interrelationship between feminism
and critical theory, examining the potential of Howie's particular
form of materialism. The contributors also bring to this debate a
serious engagement with Howie's late turn towards philosophies of
mortality, therapy and 'living with dying'. The volume considers
how differently embodied subjects are positioned within public
institutions, discourses and spaces, and the role of philosophy,
art, film, photography, and literature, in facing situations such
as sexual oppression and life-limiting illness.
Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer (1765-1844) was the 'father of philosophy
of nature' owing to his profound influence on German Idealist and
Romantic Naturphilosophie. With the recent growth of interest in
Idealist and Romantic philosophy of nature in the UK and abroad,
the importance of Kielmeyer's work is being increasingly recognised
and special attention is being paid to his influence on biology's
development as a distinct discipline at the end of the eighteenth
century. In this exciting new book, Lydia Azadpour and Daniel
Whistler present the first ever English translations of key texts
by Kielmeyer, along with contextual and interpretative essays by
leading international scholars, who are experts on the philosophy
of nature and the formation of the life sciences in the late
eighteenth century. The topics they cover include: the laws of
nature, the concept of force, the meaning of 'organism', the logic
of recapitulation, Kielmeyer and ecology, sexual differentiation in
animal life and Kielmeyer's relationship to Kant, Schelling and
Hegel. In doing so, they provide a comprehensive English reference
to Kielmeyer's historical and contemporary significance.
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Deleuze remains indifferent to the ambient pathos related to the
end of metaphysics and compares the undertakings of destruction,
overcoming and deconstruction of metaphysics with the gestures of
murderers. He considers himself "a pure metaphysician," which is
rather unique in the contemporary philosophical landscape. What are
we to make of this and similar claims? What do they mean in light
of the effort made during the last several centuries to overcome,
overturn, destroy, or deconstruct metaphysics? If we consider
Deleuze's work more closely, might find him engaging in the kind of
thinking that is commonly referred to as metaphysical? And if
Deleuze is indeed a metaphysician, does this undercut the many
insightful contributions of the twentieth century philosophers who
dedicate their thought to bringing down Western metaphysical
tradition? Or does it suggest that there is a sense of metaphysics
that should nevertheless be preserved? These and similar questions
are addressed in this volume by a series of international scholars.
The goal of the book is to critically engage an aspect of Deleuze's
thought that, for the most part, has been neglected, and to
understand better his "immanent metaphysics." It also seeks to
explore the consequences of such an engagement.
Moral Powers, Fragile Beliefs suggests new ways of thinking about
moral philosophy in its under-explored but potentially very
fruitful encounter with philosophy of religion. The contributors to
this volume undertake this project through a variety of novel
approaches, via literature, psychoanalysis, history of philosophy,
continental and feminist thought, as well as by means of analytic
philosophy. The volume will include essays by both highly regarded
academics who have already made significant contributions in the
fields of moral and/or religious philosophy - and a select number
of young, up-and-coming researchers, who will add fresh voices to
the debate.
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