Alexander Mathäs

Beyond Posthumanism

The German Humanist Tradition and the Future of the Humanities. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 314 Seiten
ISBN 1836950748
EAN 9781836950745
Veröffentlicht 1. September 2025
Verlag/Hersteller Berghahn Books
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Kant, Goethe, Schiller and other eighteenth-century German intellectuals loom large in the history of the humanities--both in terms of their individual achievements and their collective embodiment of the values that inform modern humanistic inquiry. Taking full account of the manifold challenges that the humanities face today, this volume recasts the question of their viability by tracing their long-disputed premises in German literature and philosophy. Through insightful analyses of key texts, Alexander Mathäs mounts a broad defense of the humanistic tradition, emphasizing its pursuit of a universal ethics and ability to render human experiences comprehensible through literary imagination.

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Alexander Mathäs is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Oregon.