The Symbolic Construction of Reality : The Legacy of Ernst Cassirer.
Title:
The Symbolic Construction of Reality : The Legacy of Ernst Cassirer.
Author:
Barash, Jeffrey Andrew.
ISBN:
9780226036892
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (244 pages)
Series:
Studies in German-Jewish Cultural History and Literature, Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One Foundations: Articulations of the Symbol -- 1. Symbol and History: Ernst Cassirer's Critique of the Philosophy of History -- 2. Ernst Cassirer on Nicholas of Cusa: Between Conjectural Knowledge and Religious Pluralism -- 3. History and Philosophy in Ernst Cassirer's System of Symbolic Forms -- 4. Cassirer's Philosophy of Symbolic Forms: A Foundational Reading -- Part Two Themes: Symbolic Forms and Philosophy -- 5. Cassirer's Metaphysics -- 6. The Limits of Order: Cassirer and Heidegger on Finitude and Infinity -- 7. Ernst Cassirer's Theory of Myth: On the Ethico-Political Dimension of His Debate with Martin Heidegger -- Part Three Ramifications: Symbol, History, Politics -- 8. The Myth of the State Revisited: Ernst Cassirer and Modern Political Theory -- 9. Cassirer's Enlightenment and Its Recent Critics: Is Reason Out of Season? -- 10. Practicing "Intertextuality": Ernst Cassirer and Hermann Cohen on Myth and Monotheism -- 11. The Hero of Enlightenment -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
In 1933 eminent philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) fled Nazi Germany for the United States. His fame in Europe having already been established through a public debate with Martin Heidegger in 1929, Cassirer would go on to become a noteworthy influence on American culture. His most important early writings focused on the symbol and symbolic interaction, exploring how human cultures-from early myth-based ones to our own modern, scientifically oriented time-have used symbols to mediate the basic forms of experience. Following this work, Cassirer extended his insights to encompass a broad spectrum of philosophical themes: from investigations into Western epistemological and scientific traditions to aesthetics and the philosophy of history to anthropology and political philosophy. Reflecting this diversity in Cassirer's own work, The Symbolic Construction of Reality collects eleven essays by a wide range of contributors from different fields. Each essay analyzes a different aspect of his legacy, reassessing its significance for our contemporary world and bringing much-needed attention to this seminal thinker.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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