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OverviewKant, 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 Mathas 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander MathasPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Volume: 22 ISBN: 9781789205633ISBN 10: 1789205638 Pages: 314 Publication Date: 03 February 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Signs and Wonders: The Humanist Pedagogy of Eighteenth-Century Universal Histories of Mankind Chapter 2. Religion, Anthropology, and the Mission of Literature in Schiller's Universalgeschichte Chapter 3. The Sublime as an Objectivist Strategy Chapter 4. The Importance of Herder's Humanism and the Posthumanist Challenge Chapter 5. Humanist Antinomies: Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris and Torquato Tasso Chapter 6. Incorporating Change: The Role of Science in Goethe's and Carl Gustav Carus's Humanist Aesthetics Chapter 7. Karl Marx's and Ludwig Feuerbach's Materialism in Gottfried Keller's Kleider Machen Leute Chapter 8. The End of Pathos and of Humanist Illusions: Schiller and Schnitzler Chapter 9. Blurring the Human/Animal Boundary: Hofmannsthal's Andreas Chapter 10. Humanism and Ideology: Thomas Mann's Writings (1914-30) Chapter 11. Between Humanism and Posthumanism: Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf Conclusion Works Cited IndexReviewsBeyond Posthumanism is a timely intervention into a high-stakes debate on the value of humanist education today. The book situates this debate in a wider historical framework, thereby demonstrating the often overlooked complexity of humanistic concepts. Highlighting literature's unique ability to serve as a meta-sphere for reflection, this is a comprehensive and thoughtful consideration of one of the great questions of contemporary education. Christine Lehleiter, University of Toronto Author InformationAlexander Mathas is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Oregon. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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