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020			_z9781107001558 (hbk.)
020			_z9781139007917 (e-book)
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035			_a(OCoLC)710992180
050	1	4	_aHB701 _b.J25 2011eb
082	0	4	_a193 _222
100	1		_aJames, David, _d1966-
245	1	0	_aFichte's social and political philosophy _h[electronic resource] : _bproperty and virtue / _cDavid James.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_axii, 222 p.
490	1		_aModern European philosophy
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"J. G. Fichte played an essential role in the development of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, appropriating the critical philosophy of Kant in a way that came to influence later thinkers such as Schelling and Hegel. Although there has been a renewed interest in Fichte's philosophy in the English-speaking world, the last book in English by a single author on Fichte's political thought dates back to the 1930s. While I hope to remedy this situation, my discussion of Fichte's social and political philosophy will be limited in two important respects. First of all, this book deals mainly with Fichte's writings in this area belonging to the period from his professorship at the University of Jena to the time of the publication of the Addresses to the German Nation (Reden an die deutsche Nation), a period that extends roughly from 1794 to 1808. Secondly, I limit myself to dealing with two particular themes which I consider to be so integral to Fichte's social and political philosophy that they provide the key to understanding its most basic aims and character. These are the themes of property and virtue, which themselves relate to another concept that is central to Fichte's political philosophy and, indeed, to his philosophy as a whole, namely, freedom"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2011. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600	1	0	_aFichte, Johann Gottlieb, _d1762-1814.
650		0	_aProperty _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aVirtue.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
830		0	_aModern European philosophy.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10452900 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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