After Herder
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After Herder
Philosophy of language has for some time now been the very core of the discipline of philosophy. But where did it begin? Frege has sometimes been identified as its father, but in fact its origins lie much further back, in a tradition that arose in eighteenth-century Germany. Michael Forster explores that tradition. He also makes a case that the most important thinker within that tradition was J. G. Herder. It was Herder who established such fundamental principles in the philosophy of language as that thought essentially depends on language and that meaning consists in the usage of words. It was he who on that basis revolutionized the theory of interpretation ("hermeneutics") and the theory of translation. And it was he who played the pivotal role in founding such whole new disciplines concerned with language as anthropology and linguistics. In the course of developing these historical points, this book also shows that Herder and his tradition are in many ways superior to dominant trends in more recent philosophy of language: deeper in their principles and broader in their focus.
Herder
Author: Robert T. Clark Jr.
language: en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date: 2023-11-15
Herder: His Life and Thought aims to offer a comprehensive biography of Johann Gottfried von Herder, a pivotal figure in the German Enlightenment and early Romanticism. The book serves two purposes: first, to provide English-speaking readers with a detailed picture of Herder’s life and thought, contextualized within the intellectual climate of his time; and second, to incorporate insights from the last half-century of Herder studies. Given the scarcity of Herder’s works in English, the author quotes extensively from primary texts, supported by an extensive bibliography and detailed documentation. This approach aims to make Herder’s ideas accessible and provide a fresh interpretation of his contributions to philosophy, literature, and cultural thought. The book navigates the challenges of Herder biography by critically engaging with earlier works, such as Rudolf Haym’s 19th-century authoritative biography and the Suphan edition of Herder’s writings. While Haym and his successors, like Kühnemann, provided invaluable factual detail, their Kantian philosophical leanings often led them to undervalue or misinterpret Herder’s original contributions. This biography seeks to redress such imbalances by focusing on Herder as an independent thinker who synthesized Enlightenment rationalism with an appreciation for cultural diversity and creative spontaneity. It challenges long-standing assumptions about Herder’s dependence on figures like Hamann and Rousseau, instead highlighting his nuanced engagement with the broader intellectual currents of his era. By reevaluating Herder’s complex relationship with Rationalism and Romanticism, the book aims to present a balanced and modern perspective on a thinker whose ideas continue to resonate across disciplines. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.
Herder's Essay on Being
Author: Johann Gottfried Herder
language: en
Publisher: Camden House (NY)
Release Date: 2018
Presents the first English translation of Herder's foundational essay along with critical responses to it by today's leading Herder scholars.