Herder : aesthetics against imperialism / John K. Noyes.

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Noyes, John K. (John Kenneth), 1955- [author.]

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TextSeries: German and European studiesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781442622975
1442622970
1442650389
9781442650381

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Herder.DDC classification:

325/.32 23

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B3051.Z7 .N69 2015eb

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Contents:

Introduction: Postcolonial Theory and Herder's Anti-Imperialism -- Chapter 1: From Epistemology to Aesthetics -- Chapter 2: From Organic Life to the Politics of Interpretation -- Chapter 3: From Human Restlessness to the Politics of Difference -- Chapter 4: From the Location of Language to the Multiplicity of Reason -- Chapter 5: From Human Diversity to the Politics of Natural Development -- Chapter 6: The Aesthetics of Revolution and the Critique of Imperialism -- Conclusion: Herder, Postcolonialism, and the Antinomy of Universal Reason.

Summary: "Among his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism. A student of Immanuel Kant, Herder challenged the idea that anyone--even the philosophers of the Enlightenment--could have a monopoly on truth. In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder's anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations. Noyes argues that Herder's anti-rationalist epistemology, his rejection of universal conceptions of truth, knowledge, and justice, constitutes the first attempt to establish not just a moral but an epistemological foundation for anti-imperialism. Engaging with the work of postcolonial theorists such Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak, this book is a valuable reassessment of Enlightenment anti-imperialism that demonstrates Herder's continuing relevance to postcolonial studies today."-- Provided by publisher.

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"Among his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism. A student of Immanuel Kant, Herder challenged the idea that anyone--even the philosophers of the Enlightenment--could have a monopoly on truth. In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder's anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations. Noyes argues that Herder's anti-rationalist epistemology, his rejection of universal conceptions of truth, knowledge, and justice, constitutes the first attempt to establish not just a moral but an epistemological foundation for anti-imperialism. Engaging with the work of postcolonial theorists such Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak, this book is a valuable reassessment of Enlightenment anti-imperialism that demonstrates Herder's continuing relevance to postcolonial studies today."-- Provided by publisher.

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