Herder

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By John K. Noyes

Klappentext

In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder’s anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations.

Zusammenfassung
In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder's anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations.

Inhalt

Introduction: Postcolonial Theory and Herder’s Anti-Imperialism
Chapter 1: From Epistemology to Aesthetics
Chapter 2: From Organic Life to the Politics of Interpretation
Chapter 3: From Human Restlessness to the Politics of Difference
Chapter 4: From the Location of Language to the Multiplicity of Reason
Chapter 5: From Human Diversity to the Politics of Natural Development
Chapter 6: The Aesthetics of Revolution and the Critique of Imperialism
Conclusion: Herder, Postcolonialism, and the Antinomy of Universal Reason