In this study of Fichte's social and political philosophy, David James offers an interpretation of Fichte's most famous writings in this area, including his Foundations of Natural Right and Addresses to the German Nation, centred on two main themes: property and virtue. These themes provide the basis for a discussion of such issues as what it means to guarantee the freedom of all the citizens of a state, the problem of unequal relations of economic dependence between states, and the differences and connections between the legal and political sphere of right and morality. James also relates Fichte's central social and political ideas to those of other important figures in the history of philosophy, including Locke, Kant and Hegel, as well as to the radical phase of the French Revolution. His account will be of importance to all who are interested in Fichte's philosophy and its intellectual and political context.
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1. Fichte's theory of property; 2. Applying the concept of right: Fichte and Babeuf; 3. Fichte's reappraisal of Kant's theory of cosmopolitan right; 4. The relation of right to morality in Fichte's Jena theory of the state and society; 5. The role of virtue in the Addresses to the German Nation.
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"James’ thoughtful and well-researched book offers a unified approach to such diverse and seemingly unrelated political writings of Fichte as the 1796-1797 Foundations of Natural Right (FNR), the much neglected 1800 The Closed Commercial State (CCS) and the 1808 Addresses to the German Nation (AGN)...." – KienHow Goh, Independent Scholar, Philosophy in Review
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An interpretation of Fichte's social and political philosophy that highlights its relevance to issues that still concern us today.

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ISBN
9781107001558
Publisert
2011-01-20
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Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
520 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
234

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Biographical note

David James is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.