Archive for the German philosophy category

Leibniz’ Spinoza anxiety revisited

Posted on December 29th, 2011 in Christianity, German philosophy, Leibniz, Spinoza, atheism, rationalism, religion.

I blogged on this subject before: Leibniz (entry in old blog) . . . in reference to this book written for a popular audience: Stewart, Matthew. The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World. New York: Norton, 2006. Stewart highlights Leibniz’ fascination with Spinoza and the decisive challenge [...]

Philosophical languages, Romantic historicism, Hegel, Marx

Posted on August 6th, 2008 in Enlightenment, German philosophy, Hegel, Marx, Romanticism, ars combinatoria, artificial languages, historicism, ideology, language, philosophical style.

Edited from original of 08 July 2006: Cook, Daniel J. “Marx’s Critique Of Philosophical Language,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 42 (June 1982): 530-554. ABSTRACT: Though Marx never systematically developed a theory of language, he often commented in his pre-1848 writings on the role of language in traditional philosophies and ideologies. In this paper, I examine [...]

Stephen Eric Bronner: Critical Theory, Enlightenment, radical politics (1)

Posted on October 16th, 2007 in Enlightenment, German philosophy, Lukacs, Marcuse, Martin Luther King Jr., Marxism, Nietzsche, Stephen Eric Bronner, critical theory, democracy, idealism, left, social movements, social theory, utopia.

Stephen Eric Bronner is not content to regurgitate the critical theory of its European originators of an earlier era, and he is not averse to criticizing their lapses. None of his books are to be missed, but for critical theory I suggest Of Critical Theory and Theorists above all. In October 2006 I read the [...]