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Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most
important works in modern moral philosophy. This collection of
essays, the first of its kind in nearly thirty years, introduces
the reader to some of the most important studies of the book from
the past two decades, arranged in the form of a collective
commentary. Visit our website for sample chapters
Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most
important works in modern moral philosophy. This collection of
essays, the first of its kind in nearly thirty years, introduces
the reader to some of the most important studies of the book from
the past two decades, arranged in the form of a collective
commentary. Visit our website for sample chapters
Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) has long been recognized as one of
the greatest poets of the German language, but his importance to
philosophy has surfaced only comparatively recently. Although
Schelling and Hegel acknowledged Holderlin early on as their equal,
for a long time his philosophical thought remained unknown outside
the small circle of his friends.
Among the most prominent figures in the rediscovery of Holderlin's
thought is Dieter Henrich, who, in a series of highly influential
studies over the last thirty years, has shown that Holderlin played
a decisive role in the development of philosophy from Kant to
Hegel, and hence in the formation of German Idealism. Among other
things, Henrich demonstrated that Holderlin, while still a student,
launched a powerful critique of Fichte's "Wissenschaftslehre" and
outlined an alternative to the dominant view of the foundation of
philosophy. This alternative proved pathbreaking for his
philosophical friends, forcing Hegel, for example, to abandon his
own Kantianism and, eventually, to give systematic articulation to
a position that went even beyond Holderlin's.
This volume includes six of Henrich's most important essays on
Holderlin's philosophical significance. Among the topics discussed
are Holderlin's motivation and methodological orientation in his
work on German Idealism, the intellectual atmosphere of Holderlin's
student years and the philosophical problems that occupied him,
Holderlin's attitude toward any first-principle philosophy, and the
complex personal and philosophical relationships between Hegel and
Holderlin. The last essay is a long, detailed interpretation of one
of Holderlin's greatest poems, "Remembrance." In elucidating its
lyric composition and structure, Henrich also seeks to show how it
incorporates and develops Holderlin's philosophical thought.
This is a collection of four essays on aesthetic, ethical, and
political issues by Dieter Henrich, the preeminent Kant scholar in
Germany today. Although his interests have ranged widely, he is
perhaps best known for rekindling interest in the great classical
German tradition from Kant to Hegel. The first essay summarizes
Henrich's research into the development of the Kant's moral
philosophy, focusing on the architecture of the third Critique. Of
special interest in this essay is Henrich's intriguing and wholly
new account of the relations between Kant and Rousseau. In the
second essay, Henrich analyzes the interrelations between Kant's
aesthetics and his cognitive theories. His third essay argues that
the justification of the claim that human rights are universally
valid requires reference to a moral image of the world. To employ
Kant's notion of a moral image of the world without ignoring the
insights and experience of this century requires drastic changes in
the content of such an image. Finally, in Henrich's ambitious
concluding essay, the author compares the development of the
political process of the French Revolution and the course of
classical German philosophy, raise the general question of the
relation between political processes and theorizing, and argues
that both the project of political liberty set in motion by the
French Revolution, and the projects of classical German philosophy
remain incomplete.
This is a collection of four essays on aesthetic, ethical, and
political issues by Dieter Henrich, the preeminent Kant scholar in
Germany today. Although his interests have ranged widely, he is
perhaps best known for rekindling interest in the great classical
German tradition from Kant to Hegel. The first essay summarizes
Henrich's research into the development of the Kant's moral
philosophy, focusing on the architecture of the third Critique. Of
special interest in this essay is Henrich's intriguing and wholly
new account of the relations between Kant and Rousseau. In the
second essay, Henrich analyzes the interrelations between Kant's
aesthetics and his cognitive theories. His third essay argues that
the justification of the claim that human rights are universally
valid requires reference to a moral image of the world. To employ
Kant's notion of a moral image of the world without ignoring the
insights and experience of this century requires drastic changes in
the content of such an image. Finally, in Henrich's ambitious
concluding essay, the author compares the development of the
political process of the French Revolution and the course of
classical German philosophy, raise the general question of the
relation between political processes and theorizing, and argues
that both the project of political liberty set in motion by the
French Revolution, and the projects of classical German philosophy
remain incomplete.
Electrifying when first delivered in 1973, legendary in the years
since, Dieter Henrich's lectures on German Idealism were the first
contact a major German philosopher had made with an American
audience since the onset of World War II. They remain one of the
most eloquent explanations and interpretations of classical German
philosophy and of the way it relates to the concerns of
contemporary philosophy. Thanks to the editorial work of David
Pacini, the lectures appear here with annotations linking them to
editions of the masterworks of German philosophy as they are now
available.
Henrich describes the movement that led from Kant to Hegel,
beginning with an interpretation of the structure and tensions of
Kant's system. He locates the Kantian movement and revival of
Spinoza, as sketched by F. H. Jacobi, in the intellectual
conditions of the time and in the philosophical motivations of
modern thought. Providing extensive analysis of the various
versions of Fichte's Science of Knowledge, Henrich brings into view
a constellation of problems that illuminate the accomplishments of
the founders of Romanticism, Novalis and Friedrich Schlegel, and of
the poet Holderlin's original philosophy. He concludes with an
interpretation of the basic design of Hegel's system.
English summary: This study addresses the basic situation of the
human being, who as such is capable of rational cognition, but who
necessarily leads his life in the knowledge of himself. It explains
what a recollection of this life means when all hope of another
life has lost its certainty, as is the case in modern times. The
result of this situation is an antithesis between an experience of
unconditional meaning in finite and ephemeral life, and a
nihilistic experience which can be realized in a demonstration of
the irrelevance of life, a practice which was institutionalized in
the extermination camps of the SS. These, however, were not able to
hinder their victims on the path towards the recollection of their
lives. For such a recollection is incommensurably superior to the
motives of the nihilistic action.The author deals with the
philosophical implications of such a recollection, and shows the
reasons for the weaknesses of commemorative culture in Germany. An
English translation is printed on facing pages. German description:
Mit dem Leopold-Lucas-Preis des Jahres 2008 wurde Dieter Henrich
ausgezeichnet. Seine Untersuchung geht von der Grundsituation des
Menschen in einem Leben aus, das er bewusst fuhren muss. Sie
erklart, was eine Sammlung dieses Lebens bedeutet, wenn jede
Hoffnung auf ein anderes Leben ihre Gewissheit verloren hat. Aus
dieser Situation ergibt sich ein Gegensatz zwischen der Erfahrung
einer unaufhebbaren Bedeutung des endlichen und hinfalligen Lebens
und einer nihilistischen Erfahrung, die sich in eine Praxis der
Demonstration der Belanglosigkeit des Lebens umwandeln kann. Diese
Praxis hat sich in den Vernichtungslagern der SS als ubermachtige
Institution etabliert. Deren Opfer konnten dennoch auf dem Wege zur
Sammlung ihres Lebens von den Zielen dieser Praxis nicht erreicht
werden; denn die Sammlung bleibt den Motiven, die sich im
Erniedrigungsversuch auswirken, inkommensurabel uberlegen. Dieter
Henrich entwickelt philosophische Implikationen, die eine solche
Sammlung ausmachen. Zudem zeigt er Grunde fur die Schwachen der
Gedenkkultur in Deutschland auf.
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