Figuring the Self: Subject, Absolute, and Others in Classical German Philosophy(SUNY series in Philosophy)

Provides a systematic overview of the topic of self in classical German philosophy, focusing on the period around 1800 and covering Kant, Fichte, Holderlin, Novalis, Schelling, Schleiermacher, and Hegel.

Table of Contents:
Introduction David E. Klemm and Gunter Zoller Part 1 Self and Subject 1. Subjectivity and Individuality: Survey of a Problem Manfred Frank 2. Self as Matter and Form: Some Reflections on Kant's View of the Soul Richard E. Aquila 3. Kant and the Self: A Retrospective Karl Ameriks 4. An Eye for an I: Fichte's Transcendental Experiment Gunter Zoller Part 2 Self and the Absolute 5. Self-Consciousness and Speculative Thinking Dieter Henrich 6. Romantic Conceptions of the Self in Holderlin and Novalis Jane E. Kneller 7. Realizing Nature in the Self: Schelling on Art and Intellectual Intuition in the System of Transcendental Idealism Richard L. Velkley 8. Schleiermacher on the Self: Immediate Self-Consciousness as Feeling and as Thinking David E. Klemm Part 3 Self and Others 9. Absolute Subject and Absolute Subjectivity in Hegel Walter Jaeschke 10. Appropriating Selfhood: Schleiermacher and Hegel on Subjectivity as Mediated Activity Jeffrey L. Hoover 11. "The Root of Humanity": Hegel on Communication and Language John Durham Peters 12. Heidegger and Wittgenstein on the Subject of Kantian Philosophy David G. Stern Contributors Subject Index Author Index

About the Author :
David E. Klemm is Professor of Religion at the University of Iowa. He is the author of The Hermeneutical Theory of Paul Ricoeur: A Constructive Analysis; editor and commentator of Hermeneutical Inquiry, Volume 1: Interpretation of Texts; Volume 2: Interpretation of Existence; and coeditor of Meaning in Texts and Actions: Questioning Paul Ricoeur. Gunter Zoller is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Theoretische Gegenstandsbeziehung bei Kant (Objective Reference in Kant) and Original Duplicity: Intellect and Will in Fichte's Transcendental Philosophy (1794-1800); coeditor of Minds, Ideas, and Objects: Essays in the Theory of Representation in Modern Philosophy; and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Fichte.

Review :
"This collection of speculative, critical, and expository essays succeeds in presenting a representative array of the various philosophical approaches to the self among German idealists. The survey makes clear the density and diversity of the reflection on the self during this period. In addition, some essays identify the significance of a particular approach for contemporary debates, while others elucidate how specific philosophers of a later generation take their bearings from the insights of German idealists." - Daniel O. Dahlstrom, Catholic University of America "The contributors are correct in their view that this takes up a subject that has been overlooked in studies of German Idealism, that is, there are discussions of the self in Hegel, but not traced out in the whole movement of German Idealism. The self is a topic in philosophy that needs more attention. These are original treatments on the subject and the book is itself insightful in bringing together essays on all of the major figures in this period of philosophy." - Donald Phillip Verene, Candler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy, Emory University "The range of interests represented in this book make it exemplary. It is hard to imagine a philosopher who would not find something of interest here, because the contributors, while reflecting scholarly concerns, are not inhibited by them from addressing topics of contemporary relevance." -- Robert Bernasconi, The University of Memphis