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Presents the first English translation of Herder's foundational essay along with critical responses to it by today's leading Herder scholars. In recent years, Johann Gottfried Herder has been the focus of much interest in the English-speaking world. While he was long disregarded, current scholarship in both German and English is revisiting his importance as an early theorist of the limits of Enlightenment. Increasingly, scholarship is remembering that in the closing decades of the eighteenth century Herder was one of the most important alternative voices to Kant. Herder's Versuch uber das Sein (Essay on Being, ca. 1764) was likely composed in reaction to Kant's lectures on metaphysics. In it, Herder unfolds his philosophical project, setting the terms that remained the foundation of his work throughout his life and influenced Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and others. Given the central importance of the essay and Herder's increasing recognition in the English-speaking world, it is striking that it has not been translated into English until now. This volume presents a facsimile of the manuscript along with a German transcription, an annotated translation, and critical essays by the most important Herder scholars writing in German and English today. Contributors: Manfred Baum, Arnd Bohm, Nigel DeSouza, Ulrich Gaier, Alexander J. B. Hampton, Marion Heinz, John K. Noyes, Wolfgang Pross, Sonia Sikka. John K. Noyes is Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at theUniversity of Toronto and Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is the author of Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism.

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Author:   John K Noyes (Author) ,  Alexander J. B. Hampton ,  Arnd Bohm (Royalty Account) ,  John K Noyes (Author)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   Camden House Inc
Edition:   Annotated edition
Volume:   v. 198
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.466kg
ISBN:  

9781571139917

ISBN 10:   1571139915
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Essay on Being - John K. Noyes PART 1. VERSUCH ÜBER DAS SEYN, BY JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER Facsimile of Versuch über das Seyn Transcription by Hans-Dietrich Irmscher and Heinrich Clairmont Annotation Translation by John K. Noyes PART 2. CRITICAL ESSAYS Herder's Essay on Being - Manfred Baum The Order of Being and the Order of Ideas: The Historical Context of Herder's Essay on Being - Wolfgang Pross Indivisible, Inexplicable, and the Centre of all Certainty: Herder's Concept of Being - Alexander J. B. Hampton The Metaphysical Foundation of Subjective Philosophy in Herder's Essay on Being - Marion Heinz Herder's Kantian Critique of Kant on the Concept of Being - Nigel DeSouza Attempting to Place the Essay on Being - Arnd Bohm Herder's Early Neoplatonism - Ulrich Gaier Being, Possibility, and God: A Comparison of Herder and Heidegger - Sonia Sikka Bibliography Notes on the Contributors Index

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Originally regarded as little more than classroom notes, Herder's essay is now recognized as containing many of the theoretical foundations of his thought. . . . A fine piece of work throughout, this volume is another important addition to Herder scholarship in English. . . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. CHOICE

Originally regarded as little more than classroom notes, Herder's essay is now recognized as containing many of the theoretical foundations of his thought. . . . A fine piece of work throughout, this volume is another important addition to Herder scholarship in English. . . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. * CHOICE *

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Arnd Bohm is Associate Professor in the Department of German at Carleton University.

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