The Routledge Philosophers: Cassirer

The Routledge Philosophers: Cassirer
Samantha Matherne
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26 Apr 2021 UK
9781138827509
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Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) occupies a unique place in twentieth-century philosophy. His view that human beings are not rational but symbolic animals and his famous dispute with Martin Heidegger at Davos in 1929 are compelling alternatives to the deadlock between ' analytic' and ' continental' approaches to philosophy. An astonishing polymath, Cassirer' s work pays equal attention to mathematics and natural science but also art, language, myth, religion, technology and history. However, until now the importance of his work has largely been overlooked. In this outstanding introduction Samantha Matherne examines and assesses the full span of Cassirer' s work. Beginning with an overview of his life and works she covers the following important topics:Cassirer' s neo-Kantian backgroundPhilosophy of mathematics and natural science, including Cassirer' s first systematic work, Substance and Function and subsequent works, like Einstein' s Theory of RelativityThe problem of culture and the ground-breaking The Philosophy of Symbolic FormsCassirer' s ethical and political thought and his diagnosis of fascism in The Myth of the StateCassirer' s influence and legacy. Including chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and a glossary of terms, this is an ideal introduction to Cassirer' s thought for anyone coming to his work for the first time. It is essential reading for students in philosophy as well as related disciplines such as intellectual history, art history, politics, and literature.

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"This is an excellent, well-organized, clearly written, and comprehensive book. It does a great job both with expounding the details of Cassirer' s work, at a level that will be appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and showing the deep and lasting relevance of Cassirer' s thought today. " - Paul Livingston, University of New Mexico, USA"Matherne has written a guide to Cassirer' s philosophy that is both accurate and stimulating to read. She takes into account the whole scope of his work - from his early writings and his professorship during the Weimar Republic, to his years of exile in Sweden and the United States - and provides an important addition to our understanding of his lasting influence. " - Jeffrey Andrew Barash, Universite de Picardie, Amiens, France
Samantha Matherne is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, USA. She has published articles on Kant, neo-Kantianism, phenomenology, and aesthetics. She is a co-author (with Dominic McIver Lopes, Mohan Matthen, and Bence Nanay) of the forthcoming book The Geography of Taste.
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ISBN-13: 9781138827509
Published: 26 Apr 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 256

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