New translation into English ? Full annotation explains all of
Hamann''s allusions and references ? Hamann is important not only to
German philosophy but also to literature and religion
內容簡介:
Johann Georg Hamann 1730–1788 is a major figure not only in
German philosophy but also in literature and religious history. In
his own time he wrote penetrating criticisms of Herder, Kant,
Mendelssohn, and other Enlightenment thinkers; after his death he
was an important figure for Goethe, Hegel, Kierkegaard, and others.
It was only in the twentieth century, however, that the full and
radical extent of his ''linguistic'' critique of philosophy was
recognized. This volume presents a new translation of a wide
selection of his essays, including both famous and lesser-known
works. Hamann''s enigmatic prose-style was deliberately at odds with
Enlightenment assumptions about language, and a full apparatus of
annotation explains the numerous allusions in his essays. The
volume is completed by a historical and philosophical introduction
and suggestions for further reading.
目錄:
1. Two dedications, from Socratic Memorabilia 1759
2. Essay on an Academic Question 1760
3. Miscellaneous Notes on Word Order in the French Language
1760
4. Cloverleaf of Hellenistic Letters 1762
5. Aesthetica in Nuce 1762
6. The Last Will and Testament of the Knight of the Rose-Cross
1772
7. Philological Ideas and Doubts written in 1772
8. Solomon of Prussia written in 1772
9. New Apology of the Letter h 1773
10. Golgotha and Sheblimini! 1784
11. Metacritique on the Purism of Reason written in 1784
12. From Disrobing and Transfiguration: A Flying Letter to Nobody,
the Well Known 1786