Herder: aesthetics against imperialism

by Noyes, John K., (Noyes, John Kenneth)

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Full title :Herder : aesthetics against imperialism / John K. Noyes

Summary

Among his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism. A student of Immanuel Kant, Herder challenged the idea that anyone--even the philosophers of the Enlightenment--could have a monopoly on truth. 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. Noyes argues that Herder's anti-rationalist epistemology, his rejection of universal conceptions of truth, knowledge, and justice, constitutes the first attempt to establish not just a moral but an epistemological foundation for anti-imperialism. Engaging with the work of postcolonial theorists such Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak, this book is a valuable reassessment of Enlightenment anti-imperialism that demonstrates Herder's continuing relevance to postcolonial studies today."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
Place of Publication:Toronto
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

Description:402 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781442650381, 1442650389
oclc:ocn946007514
LC Classification:B3051.Z7
Dewey Decimal:325 .32

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(fast)1700 - 1799 (fast)Aesthetics (fast)Aesthetics, German (fast)Enlightenment (fast)Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-18… (fast)Imperialism (fast)Philosophy, German Aesthetics Aesthetics, German Aesthetics, German -- 18th century Ästhetik Enlightenment Enlightenment (18th-century western mov… Esthétique allemande Esthétique allemande -- 18e siècle Geschichtsphilosophie Herder, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Gottfried von Imperialism Impérialisme