Herder: philosophy and anthropology

Thirteen scholars offer new essays exploring the question at the heart of J.G. Herder's thought: How can philosophy enable an understanding of the human being not simply as an intellectual and moral agent, but also as a creature of nature who is fundamentally marked by an affective openness and responsiveness to the world and other persons?

"The immediate occasion for this volume was provided by a conference on "The Enlightenment and the Development of Philosophical Anthropology" held at the University of Sydney in November 2013 and organized by Anik Waldow, Dalia Nassar, and Stephen Gaukroger."--Page v.

Part I. Towards a new philosophy: Philosophy as anthropology -- Philosophy as philosophical anthropology : An interview with Charles Taylor -- Anthropology and the critique of metaphysics in the early Herder / Marion Heinz -- The metaphysical and epistemological foundations of Herder's philosophical anthropology / Nigel DeSouza -- Herder: Physiology and philosophical anthropology / Stefanie Buchenau -- The role of aesthetics in Herder's anthropology / STephen Gaukroger -- Understanding as explanation: The significance of Herder's and Goethe's science of describing / Dalia Nassar -- Part II. The human animal: Nature, language, history, culture -- Herder between Reimarus and Tetens: The problem of an animal-human boundary / John H. Zammito -- Between history and nature: Herder's human being and the naturalization of reason / Anik Waldow -- Human nature and human science: Herder and the anthropological turn in hermeneutics / Kristin Gjesdal -- Herder's religious anthropology in his later writings / Johannes Schmidt -- Individualism and universalism in Herder's conception of the philosophy of history / Martin Bollacher -- Herder and human rights / Martin Bollacher -- Herder and human …