Beschreibung:
The course of German philosophy in the twentieth century is one of the most exciting, diverse and controversial periods in the history of human thought. It is widely studied and its legacy hotly contested. In this outstanding introduction Julian Young explains and assesses the philosophical ideas and arguments of the principal philosophers of the period.
Introduction 1. Weber: Rationalization and Disenchantment 2. Horkheimer and Adorno: Irrational Reason 3. Habermas: Lifeworld and System 4. Marcuse: Reason and Pleasure 5. Husserl: Phenomenology and the Crisis of the Sciences 6. Early Heidegger: Existential Phenomenology 7. Gadamer: Truth versus Method 8. Arendt: The Human Condition 9. Later Heidegger: Godless Theology Conclusion. Index