Heidegger, Dilthey, and the Crisis of Historicism Contributor(s): Bambach, Charles R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801430798 ISBN-13: 9780801430794 Publisher: Cornell University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 1995 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - History | Historiography - History | Modern - 20th Century |
Dewey: 149 |
LCCN: 95003392 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Lexile Measure: 1610(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.38 lbs) 304 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: The collapse of historicism was not merely the demise of an academic tradition but signified a shift in the understanding of hermeneutics and metaphysics. Whereas earlier books have explored the rise and dominance of historicism within academic history, this is the first to trace its collapse and to show how it was shaped by larger philosophical and scientific concerns. Charles R. Bambach's lucid account of the demise of historicism within the context of German metaphysics provides a rich new perspective on the development of the young Heidegger's concept of historicity and on the origins of postmodern thought. Bambach reconstructs the methodological debates arising from a pervasive sense of crisis among German philosophers in the late nineteenth century. He details the divergent attempts by the Neo-Kantians, Nietzsche, and Dilthey to overcome the limitations of historical relativism. Heidegger's view of historicity, Bambach shows, radically transforms the problematic of historicism into a discourse concerning the crisis of philosophical modernity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bambach, Charles R.: - Charles Bambach is Professor of the History of Ideas/Philosophy at the University of Texas, Dallas. He is author of Heidegger, Dilthey, and the Crisis of Historicism, also from Cornell. |
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