num_pages: 752
description: One of the very few accounts in English of German idealism, this ambitious work advances and revises our understanding of both the history and the thought of the classical period of German philosophy. As he traces the structure and evolution of idealism as a doctrine, Frederick Beiser exposes a strong objective, or realist, strain running from Kant to Hegel and identifies the crucial role of the early romantics—Hölderlin, Schlegel, and Novalis—as the founders of absolute idealism.
language: English
title: German Idealism: The Struggle against Subjectivism, 1781-1801
titlecomplete: German Idealism: The Struggle against Subjectivism, 1781-1801
genres: Germany, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Romanticism, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 105
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: International Napoleonic Society Literary Award
publisher: Harvard University Press