Overview

This collection of articles by an international group of leading experts has its special focus on the relevance of Karl Jaspers's philosophy for the social sciences. It also includes classical evaluations of Jaspers's thinking by renowned authors Talcott Parsons and Jrgen Habermas. Several chapters are devoted to the relationship between Jaspers and his teacher (Max Weber), his famous student (Hannah Arendt) and crucial figures in his intellectual world (Wilhelm Dilthey, Georg Simmel). Others deal with his relevance for disciplines from psychiatry to the study of religion and the historico-sociological research about the Axial Age, a term coined by Jaspers. In his introduction, editor Hans Joas tries to systematise Jaspers's relevance for the contemporary social sciences and to explain why Parsons had called him a 'social scientist's philosopher'. The book promises to become an indispensable source in the re-evaluation of Jaspers's thinking in the years to come.

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Author:   Hans Joas ,  Matthias Bormuth
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781839992865

ISBN 10:   1839992867
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 April 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction Karl Jaspers—A “Social Scientist’s Philosopher” - Hans Joas; Chapter 1 Karl Jaspers- Talcott Parsons; Chapter 2 Karl Jaspers and Max Weber- Austin Harrington; Chapter 3 The Limits of Historicism: Karl Jaspers, Wilhelm Dilthey and Georg Simmel- Christopher Thornhill; Chapter 4 Karl Jaspers as Psychiatrist- Thomas Fuchs; Chapter 5 Karl Jaspers and His Criticism of Psychoanalysis- Matthias Bormuth; Chapter 6 Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers- Dana Villa; Chapter 7 Another Cold War Liberalism? Coming to Terms with Karl Jaspers’s Political Thought- Carmen Lea Dege; Chapter 8 Revealed Religion and Philosophical Faith: A Critical Analysis of the Position of Karl Jaspers- Werner Schüßler; Chapter 9 Karl Jaspers and the Axial Age- Jan Assmann; Chapter 10 The Conflict of Beliefs: Karl Jaspers on the Clash of Cultures- Jürgen Habermas; Index

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Hans Joas is the Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.

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