The philosopher's voice
Subtitle: philosophy, politics, and language in the nineteenth century
By: Andrew Fiala
Series: SUNY series in philosophy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780791454831; 9780791454848
Subjects: Politieke filosofie; Science politique; Histoire; Political science; Taalcultuur; History; Philosophie; Modern Philosophy
Description: "This analysis of the relationship between philosophy and politics recognizes that political philosophers must continually struggle to distinguish their voices from others that clamor within political life. Author Andrew Fiala asks whether it is possible to maintain a distinction between philosophical speech and other political and poetic language. His answer is that philosophy's methodological self-consciousness is what distinguishes its voice from the voice of politics.

By focusing on the different ways in which this methodological norm was enacted in the lives and work of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, and Marx, the author puts the problem in a larger context and considers the roles that these thinkers played in the political history of the nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-308) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the philosopher's voice; title: Voice in Machiavelli, Locke, and Rousseau; title: The politics of pure reason; title: Kant's political philosophy: progress and philosophical intervention; title: Fichte: philosophy, politics, and the German nation; title: Fichte's voice: language and political excess; title: Hegel: philosophy and and the spirit of politics; title: Hegel's voice: language, education, and philosophy; title: Marx: politics, ideology, and critique; title: Marx's voice: political action and political language; title: Philosophy, politics, and voice: the enduring struggle.