Overview

The nineteenth century was a turbulent period in the history of the philosophical scrutiny of religion. Major scholars - such as Hegel, Fichte, Schelling, Newman, Caird and Royce - sought to construct systematic responses to the Enlightenment critiques of religion carried out by Spinoza and Hume. At the same time, new critiques of religion were launched by philosophers such as Schopenhauer and Nietzsche and by scholars engaged in textual criticism, such as Schleiermacher and Dilthey. Over the course of the century, the work of Marx, Freud, Darwin and Durkheim brought the revolutionary perspectives of political economy, psychoanalysis, evolutionary theory and anthropology to bear on both religion and its study. These challenges played a major role in the shaping of twentieth-century philosophical thought about religion. ""Nineteenth-Century Philosophy of Religion"" will be of interest to scholars and students of Philosophy and Religion, and will serve as an authoritative guide for all who are interested in the debates that took place in this seminal period in the history of philosophical thinking about religion.

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Author:   Graham Oppy ,  N. N. Trakakis
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Acumen Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9781844656844

ISBN 10:   1844656845
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   31 July 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Douglas Hedley & Chris Ryan; 2. Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Yolanda D. Estes; 3. Friedrich Schleiermacher, Theodore Vial; 4. G. W. F. Hegel, Paul Redding; 5. Friedrich Schelling, Michael Vater; 6. Arthur Schopenhauer, Robert Wicks; 7. Auguste Comte, H. S. Jones; 8. John Henry Newman, Ian Ker; 9. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Russell Goodman; 10. Ludwig Feuerbach, Van A. Harvey; 11. John Stuart Mill, Chin Liew Ten; 12. Charles Darwin, Michael Ruse; 13. Soren Kierkegaard, William McDonald; 14. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Roland Boer; 15. Wilhelm Dilthey, Rudolf A. Makkreel; 16. Edward Caird, Colin Tyler; 17. Charles S. Peirce, Douglas Anderson; 18. Friedrich Nietzsche, Clancy Martin; 19. Josiah Royce, Kelly A. Parker; 20. Sigmund Freud, Adolf Grunbaum; 21. Emile Durkheim, Philip A. Mellor

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""Clearly-written, lively and accessible, this volume is a vindication of the biographical approach to intellectual history and demonstrates why what was said or written in the past is still resonant and argued about in the present."" - David Knight, Durham University.

Clearly-written, lively and accessible, this volume is a vindication of the biographical approach to intellectual history and demonstrates why what was said or written in the past is still resonant and argued about in the present. - David Knight, Durham University.

Author Information

Graham Oppy is a Professor of Philosophy and Head of the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies (SOPHIS) at Monash University, Australia. N. N. Trakakis is Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University.

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